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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forballparks” 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.

28 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
ballparks174320(None) 
ballpark1643751ballpark_
ballhawks2142062ballhawks
ballyards1544992ballyards
hallmarks1843542hallmarks
airparks1443913_airparks
backpacks2044993backpacks
baldpates1445233baldpates
ballades114211643ball_ades
ballads104212913ball_a_ds
ballasts1037933ball_asts
ballers94421013ball_er_s
ballgames1443573ballgames
ballhawk2042143ballhawk_
ballyard1445893ballyar_d
ballyrags1543073ballyrags
baresarks1543433baresarks
billiards1245013billiards
bollards11339153boll_ards
bulwarks1744133b_ulwarks
callbacks1945023callbacks
calpacks18266523ca_lpacks
fallbacks2044353fallbacks
galliards1194543galliards
halliards13104933halliards
hallmark1744213hallmark_
kalpaks12366163ka_lpa_ks
mallards1138323mall_ards

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 Filter1786911486410.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit148641287.53319732.0
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.71923149.5