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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “bawlt” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

57 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
bawl95326061bawl_
bawls105719321bawls
alt36467962_a_lt
awl67635302_awl_
awls75926092_awls
baal67033112baal_
baals76122702baals
badly114918762badly
baht96740012ba_ht
bail65042802bail_
bails75933522bails
bait66556002ba_it
bal56662722ba_l_
bald76432902ba_ld
bale66353842ba_le
balk105132222ba_lk
ball66043322ba_ll
ballet84733972ballet
ballot84624092ballot
balls76236412balls
bally105530102bally
balm85534202ba_lm
bals66354042ba_ls
basalt83519582basalt
bast66362412ba_st
bat510988952ba__t
batt65053872ba_tt
baulk114914332baulk
bawd105520842baw_d
bawds116115492bawds
bawdy147513282bawdy
bawled124415692bawled
bawler114315052bawler
bawty135614102bawty
belt65754032b_elt
bolt66254172b_olt
bowl96827702bowl_
bowls106121432bowls
brawl106217962brawl_
brawls115214332brawls
brawly144312352brawly
built74325922built
dawt85435942daw_t
fault85428312fault
gault65128482gault
halt76056302ha_lt
malt66254812ma_lt
pawl95123262pawl_
pawls105617662pawls
rawly115115832rawly
salt45758522sa_lt
sault55834962sault
vault85823762vault
wawl105321942wawl_
wawls115416472wawls
yawl104918972yawl_
yawls114613602yawls

Search took 2 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800571.48636204.6
3Display Results57570.0134384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691571.81298615.3
 
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