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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 “balsamic” 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.

31 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
balsamic146380(None) 
balladic1345332balladic
balsam105612232balsam__
balsamed1344542balsamed
balsaming1445122balsaming
balsams11579012balsam_s
agamic113110563_a_gamic
alcaic1039983_alca_ic
alkalic13146973_alkalic
baldric12166403bal_dric
balletic1248073balletic
balsa77920413balsa___
balsas86417523balsa__s
barbaric1446383barbaric
basaltic1245153ba_saltic
basic96220523ba_s__ic
basilic1137493ba_silic
blastemic1543663blastemic
bulimic1345143bul_imic
calami10313423cal_ami_
carbamic1645913carbamic
dalmatic1348693dalmatic
galvanic1444513galvanic
halakic1656663hal_akic
jalapic1844543jal_apic
marasmic1446163marasmic
palladic1346113palladic
plasmic13249113plas_mic
salami8313103sal_ami_
salamis9313513sal_amis
thalamic1545553thal_amic

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162317.15620425.1
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691317.59223536.7
 
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