Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “bawled” 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.

150 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
bawled12441569(None) 
bailed94726651bailed
baled85436441ba_led
balled94926891balled
bawler114315051bawler
bowled125018131bowled
brawled133910121brawled
wawled133811701wawled
yawled13459981yawled
abled86926832_abled
ailed66240282_ailed
awed88436032_aw_ed
awned96615952_awned
axled135315812_axled
baaed85218162ba_aed
babbled113612862babbled
babied114913512babied
bached145519892bached
backed155725722backed
badged114814782badged
baffed154812172baffed
baffled16418062baffled
bagged114519902bagged
bailee84526012bailee
bailer85425252bailer
bailey115015672bailey
baited95319242baited
baked126130772ba_ked
bald76432902ba_l_d
balded105417512balded
bale66353842ba_le_
baler75635272ba_ler
bales76250082ba_les
balked135219412balked
ballad94315322ballad
baller83825202baller
ballet84733972ballet
bammed133913242bammed
banded105223172banded
baned85436352ba_ned
banged104923722banged
banked135021442banked
banned94721342banned
barbed115121312barbed
barded105426422barded
bared85144482ba_red
barfed125416382barfed
barged105822642barged
barked135027312barked
barley115116762barley
barned95623582barned
barred95725792barred
based85331582ba_sed
bashed126225702bashed
basked135218602basked
basted95227232basted
bated85935532ba_ted
bathed125518742bathed
batted95623652batted
battled104213122battled
baulked14465622baulked
bawbee132714232bawbee
bawd105520842baw__d
bawl95326062bawl__
bawlers124412732bawlers
bawls105719322bawl_s
bayed115423022ba_yed
belled94626182belled
billed94224902billed
birled94416992birled
blawed124713892blaw_ed
bled75729312b__led
boiled95020952boiled
bolled94722652bolled
bowed114533422bow_ed
boweled132810692boweled
bowleg12369172bowleg
bowler114217312bowler
bowsed125715972bowsed
brailed103914012brailed
brawler124310232brawler
bugled104918132bugled
bulled94626492bulled
burled94825382burled
butled94818602butled
byrled12437172byrled
cabled114819872cabled
called94126732called
cawed116627062caw_ed
cowled125218382cowled
crawled133710392crawled
dawdled13376722dawdled
dawed106222812daw_ed
dawned113912092dawned
dawted11489682dawted
drawled12368342drawled
eagled82914042eagled
fabled124216382fabled
failed105421602failed
fawned134910422fawned
fowled133914092fowled
gabled105518452gabled
galled84622862galled
gaoled84814502gaoled
gawked15468762gawked
gawped13509072gawped
hailed104122742hailed
haled95335822ha_led
hauled104415212hauled
hawed126025422haw_ed
hawked174712672hawked
howled134014962howled
jailed144917422jailed
jawed165517372jaw_ed
jowled174210792jowled
ladled85013482ladled
lalled74218752lalled
lawed96028322law_ed
macled116718112macled
mailed95326752mailed
malled94626112malled
marled95523162marled
mauled94817822mauled
mawed115824742maw_ed
mewled123710052mewled
nailed74021492nailed
naled65525052na_led
paled85538722pa_led
palled94625162palled
parled94626282parled
pawed115725612paw_ed
pawned124513282pawned
railed74727542railed
sailed74327762sailed
sawed95628402saw_ed
shawled1437772shawled
tabled94020042tabled
tailed74424662tailed
tawed95926192taw_ed
tawsed10499742tawsed
trawled113411522trawled
vailed104619292vailed
wailed104823592wailed
waled94330992wa_led
walled104021292walled
wauled104713962wauled
yawed126022452yaw_ed
yawned13509842yawned
yawped15528102yawped
yowled133811082yowled

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit825511504.29619215.8
3Display Results1501500.0463260.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911504.46839993.5
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.