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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 “feyly” 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.

54 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
feyly1442951(None) 
felly114922801felly
ferly115517351ferly
belly104625492belly
coyly135614892coyly
delly96023872delly
doyly124514012doyly
dryly12538452dryly
eely77725212_eely
eyry106315882_eyry
fatly115716802fatly
feal713940422feal_
fealty122910222fealty
featly123711752featly
feckly18335962feckly
feebly1436652feebly
feel75233842feel_
feels85223042feels
fell76833072fe_ll
fella84918652fella
fells85327382fells
felt75146932fe_lt
fenny115115132fenny
ferny115816182ferny
ferry116020802ferry
fey95940882fe__y
feyer115014522feyer
fezzy199811452fezzy
filly114424902filly
fitly115114972fitly
fly97124952f__ly
flyby1676002flyby
folly115022602folly
freely12310962freely
fully114820862fully
gayly124513092gayly
greyly13316542greyly
jelly154218252jelly
kelly124617022kelly
mealy104422182mealy
nelly84618812nelly
newly114610202newly
redly94217202redly
refly113914562refly
rely75428952re_ly
reply104015852reply
seely84522632seely
shyly144811572shyly
slyly11489532slyly
telly84920822telly
vealy115817772vealy
welly114620012welly
wetly114511712wetly
wryly14356702wryly

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800541.62633087.3
3Display Results54540.0163375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691541.95291542.5
 
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