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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 “balding” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

140 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
balding11401506(None) 
baling94829691bal_ing
balking143717351balking
balling104424761balling
banding114921411banding
barding113822891barding
blading113615361blading
abiding11510502abiding
aboding11410122aboding
adding93914962_adding
aiding84423612_aiding
auding83616932_auding
baaing94916162ba_aing
babying1537962babying
baching156017752baching
backing165523442backing
badging123712792badging
baffing164011602baffing
bagging123316982bagging
bailing103723522bailing
baiting103918882baiting
baking135626622ba_king
baldies105317702baldies
baldish1339502baldish
bamming144611812bamming
bandying15218072bandying
banging114019862banging
baning95127832ba_ning
banking144621352banking
banning103818232banning
barbing123716992barbing
barfing134615092barfing
barging114018482barging
baring95135852ba_ring
barking144724182barking
barning104320352barning
barring104021592barring
bashing135422582bashing
basing95427662ba_sing
basking144718612basking
basting104227202basting
bathing134816242bathing
bating95132252ba_ting
batting104422272batting
batwing13509812batwing
baulking1536002baulking
bawling133813862bawling
baying125222582ba_ying
beading113221862beading
bearding124011942bearding
bedding124114482bedding
belling103825072belling
belting104119132belting
belying133612442belying
bending114420892bending
bidding123613512bidding
biding104720792b_iding
bielding12237472bielding
bilging114212682bilging
bilking144413552bilking
billing103823852billing
binding113819382binding
birding114014922birding
bladings12337752bladings
blaming123515692blaming
blaring104317112blaring
blawing134012752blawing
blazing193612392blazing
bluing94914482b_luing
boarding123110232boarding
boding104320062b_oding
bolling103820882bolling
bolting104416762bolting
bonding113318432bonding
bradding13268932bradding
braiding123112702braiding
branding122513682branding
budding123712402budding
building1237502building
bulging113514212bulging
bulking143815122bulking
bulling104324792bulling
calking144617782calking
calling103826772calling
calming123915972calming
calving134113502calving
carding113922442carding
fading114821112fa_ding
falling113621582falling
farding123716742farding
folding123912442folding
gadding113411452gadding
galling93921962galling
gelding103911792gelding
gilding103813002gilding
hading113922942ha_ding
haling104229782hal_ing
haloing113814132haloing
halting114419072halting
halving143511542halving
handing123518892handing
hilding123713532hilding
holding123514282holding
jading154214022ja_ding
lading84227122la_ding
ladling92813392ladling
lalling83519632lalling
landing92819322landing
larding92917872larding
lauding93211902lauding
madding123711992madding
malling103623662malling
malting103219082malting
melding113414272melding
milding113615452milding
molding114213752molding
padding123412512padding
paling93530132pal_ing
palling104024492palling
palming123914012palming
palping124112872palping
radding103715002radding
raiding93617592raiding
salting84120792salting
salving113913152salving
sanding93520602sanding
scalding12339392scalding
talcing103111632talcing
talking123815822talking
valuing11298842valuing
valving14368552valving
wadding133711942wadding
wading114619532wa_ding
waling104525302wal_ing
walking154013302walking
walling113520972walling
warding123918142warding
welding123213252welding
wilding123814292wilding
yarding123413142yarding

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit1076711403.45331181.9
3Display Results1401400.0463043.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911403.90545759.5
 
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