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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 “hardballs” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

45 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
hardballs1511554(None) 
handballs15116181handballs
hardball14116301hardball_
hairballs1443842hairballs
handball1487032handball_
handbells1594362handbells
handbills15114742handbills
hardbacks2145372hardbacks
harebells1444192harebells
barbells12368823bar_bells
baseballs1344783baseballs
birdcalls1443393birdcalls
carryalls1443523carryalls
cornballs1346313cornballs
fastballs1444443fastballs
fireballs14126493fireballs
forkballs1844253forkballs
gadwalls1343873ga_dwalls
hairball1344633hairball_
handbags15116363handba_gs
handbell14114523handbell_
handbill14115163handbill_
handrails1346513handrails
hardass1139753hard_a_ss
hardback2045633hardba_ck
hardboards1745163hardboards
hardboots1544353hardboots
hardhacks2243703hardhacks
hardhats1546833hardha_ts
hardpacks2143623hardpacks
hardpans1436453hardpa_ns
hardtacks1943803hardtacks
hardwares1646563hardwares
harebell1344353harebell_
hartals10313023har_ta_ls
hawkbills2142023hawkbills
heelballs1443433heelballs
herbals122710603her_ba_ls
highballs1843643highballs
holdalls1244333hold_alls
hornbills1493863hornbills
landfalls1343813landfalls
marshalls1444833marshalls
oddballs1242963_oddballs
trapballs1344193trapballs

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641456.78021923.5
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691457.23224708.4
 
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