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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 “barfly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

39 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
barfly1433965(None) 
barely114716791barely
badly114918762ba_dly
baffle14399872baffle
baffy165511922ba_ffy
bairnly1234502bairnly
baldly12479832baldly
bally105530102ba_lly
barf95844412barf__
barfed125416382barfed
barfs104826002barf_s
barky145721612bar_ky
barley115116762barley
barmy125218762bar_my
barney115314452barney
barny105821732bar_ny
barony115915302barony
basely114412312basely
bassly114610072bassly
botfly1436092botfly
brawly144312352brawly
burbly134311152burbly
burly104922832bur_ly
darkly145411072darkly
dayfly1633812dayfly
early85324122ear_ly
gadfly1434662gadfly
hardly135112832hardly
marbly134111932marbly
marly106925612mar_ly
mayfly1734402mayfly
partly116315472partly
rarely93513652rarely
sawfly1535132sawfly
tartly96014022tartly
waffly18305432waffly
warily122915092warily
warmly14228062warmly
yarely122810302yarely

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551394.67017676.9
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691394.79637258.3
 
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