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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 “bailey” 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.

79 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
bailey11501567(None) 
bailed94726651bailed
bailee84526011bailee
bailer85425251bailer
baileys12388931baileys
barley115116761barley
agley96917332_agley
ailed66240282_ailed
alley85721672_alley
badly114918762badl_y
bail65042802bail__
bailees93914382bailees
bailers94221352bailers
bailie83818362bailie
bailies94120202bailies
bailor83412602bailor
bails75933522bail_s
baited95319242baited
baiter84422552baiter
baize164717392baize_
baizes174315052baizes
baldy115518932ba_ldy
bale66353842ba_le_
baled85436442ba_led
baler75635272ba_ler
bales76250082ba_les
balky145418242ba_lky
balled94926892balled
baller83825202baller
ballet84733972ballet
ballsy11508872ballsy
bally105530102ba_lly
balmy125217472ba_lmy
barely114716792barely
barleys125011842barleys
barney115314452barney
basely114412312basely
baulky15446312baulky
bawled124415692bawled
bawler114315052bawler
bialy105119322bial_y
bilby124912352b_ilby
bile66147182b_ile_
biles75542142b_iles
bilgy114713712b_ilgy
billy105525362b_illy
blimey13468452blimey
boiled95020952boiled
boiler84319272boiler
brailed103914012brailed
burley114715752burley
daily95922332dail_y
failed105421602failed
gaily95020972gail_y
galley104215452galley
hailed104122742hailed
hailer94720342hailer
jailed144917422jailed
jailer134316682jailer
maile75232222maile_
mailed95326752mailed
mailer84724182mailer
mailes84329112mailes
nailed74021492nailed
nailer64119362nailer
paisley1235552paisley
parley116718352parley
railed74727542railed
railer64524932railer
riley84420582_riley
sailed74327762sailed
sailer63526102sailer
smiley114012302smiley
tailed74424662tailed
tailer63823732tailer
vailed104619292vailed
valley124311602valley
wailed104823592wailed
wailer93720322wailer

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551792.65631080.9
3Display Results79790.0164937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691792.78264231.1
 
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