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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbeachballs” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

13 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
beachballs195301(None) 
beachball1843461beachball_
beanballs1363692bea_nballs
blackballs2043962blackballs
baseballs1344783b_aseballs
beachboys2142673beachb_oys
beanball1264673bea_nball_
bechalks1944793be_ch_alks
blackball1944523blackball_
brachials16206943brachia_ls
meatballs1344093mea_tballs
punchballs1952603punchballs
trackballs1863293trackballs

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603136.00023433.8
3Display Results13130.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691136.42027833.5