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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 “blackfly” 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.

56 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
blackfly224301(None) 
blackly1835251black_ly
blackboy2143162blackboy
blackfin1953902blackfin
blankly1634262blank_ly
slackly1635262slack_ly
backfill1965063b_ackfill
backfit18108213b_ackfit
backflip2143093b_ackflip
backflow2243373b_ackflow
balkily16266693b_alkily
barfly14339653b_a_rfly
black134719073black___
blackball1944523blackball
blackbody2342493blackbody
blackboys2243333blackboys
blackcap2043073blackcap
blacked163613373black_ed
blacken15439793black_en
blackens16388103blackens
blacker154513513black_er
blackest16269303blackest
blackface2243423blackface
blackfins2054393blackfins
blackfish2343833blackfish
blackflies2143733blackflies
blackgum1942513blackgum
blacking174213603blacking
blackish1976713blackish
blackleg1734233blackleg
blackout1647413blackout
blackpoll1952483blackpoll
blacks144914953black__s
blacktop1842973blacktop
blamably1744903blamably
blandly1336043bla_ndly
bleakly1634663bleak_ly
blocky17388353block__y
blowfly1843243bl_owfly
bluffly1833433bl_uffly
crackly18397703crack_ly
flackery20295243flackery
flakily1736293fla_kily
hackly18298733_hack_ly
lacily11612763_lac_ily
lackey154813353_lack_ey
lankily1437123_lankily
lankly13439623_lank_ly
luckily16297083_luckily
packly17228333_pack_ly
placably17156673placably
placidly1644163placidly
pluckily1963413pluckily
slickly1635853slick_ly
tackily1637503_tackily
wackily1936053_wackily

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162568.04618165.8
3Display Results56560.0163500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691568.49821027.4
 
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