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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 “balladist” 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.

27 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
balladist1214638(None) 
balladists13133821balladists
ballades114211642ballades_
balladic1345332balladi_c
ballads104212912ballad_s_
ballast9313992balla__st
baldest102313533ba_l_dest
baldish1339503ba_l_dish
ballad94315323ballad___
ballade104012563ballad__e
balladeer1243023balladeer
balladries1345193balladries
balladry1444213ballad_ry
ballasts1037933balla__sts
ballista1045803ball__ista
balloonist1254683balloonist
ballpoint1345993ballpoint
ballsiest1145413ballsiest
cladist10311973__cladist
collagist1248023collagist
hagadist1347603ha_gadist
haggadist1543843haggadist
halakist15158223ha_lakist
palladia1146633palladi_a
palladic1346113palladi_c
palladium1444433palladium
rallyist1145363rall_yist

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641277.75019179.5
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691278.17221866.3
 
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