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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 “balconies” 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.

63 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
balconies134775(None) 
balconied1444851balconied
ballonnes1145322ballonnes
baronies10315022ba_ronies
falconries1543962falconries
abalones1038753abal_on_es
aconites10314353_a_conites
agonies83016623_a_gonies
alcoves1297883_alco_ves
alimonies1198333_alimonies
allonges937313_allonges
almonries1156933_almonries
ancones93116343_ancon_es
astonies8815113_astonies
atonies75320953_a_tonies
bacons104917583ba_con__s
balances1279973bal_ances
balcony1435853balcon__y
baldies105317703bal__dies
balkanizes2544333balkanizes
balklines1536743balklines
ballies93725743bal__lies
ballonet10314503ballon_et
ballonets1146723ballonets
ballonne1045243ballonne_
ballons93916963ballon__s
baloney1237483bal_on_ey
baloneys1334663bal_oneys
baronnes1038553ba_ronnes
betonies10413063b_etonies
blazonries2153133blazonries
blennies1056933b_lennies
blondes104213163b_l_ondes
bloodies11310163b_loodies
boltonias1145123boltonias
boonies93422483b__oonies
braconids1444193braconids
brionies10310553b_rionies
bryonies1336843b_ryonies
calcedonies1652443calcedonies
calcifies1638923calcifies
calcines12314753calcin_es
calories102919563cal_ories
calumnies1346043calumnies
calzones1948763calzon_es
colonies103620013col_onies
conies84338593___conies
falconer1346043falcon_er
falconers1445323falconers
falconet13410363falcon_et
falconets1444813falconets
falconine1445183falconine
falcons1239123falcon__s
felonies11310993fel_onies
harmonies141311043harmonies
jalopies1786673jal_opies
larcenies1147533larcenies
loonies73919543__loonies
palimonies1445633palimonies
salmonids1245543salmonids
saxonies1537913sa_xonies
taconites1148473ta_conites
valonias1147473val_onias

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641636.37623312.6
3Display Results63630.0302100.0
 (SQL Overall)178691636.84226116.8
 
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