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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 “folly” 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.

157 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
folly11502260(None) 
colly104926771colly
dolly96125201dolly
felly114922801felly
filly114424901filly
foley115222301foley
folky159214711folky
foully1239011foully
fully114820861fully
golly95121101golly
holly114824431holly
jolly154517511jolly
lolly85120661lolly
molly105222491molly
ally76935642_ally
bally105530102bally
belly104625492belly
billy105525362billy
boldly12399422boldly
boll65634752boll_
bolls75531312bolls
brolly114510852brolly
bully105124812bully
coaly105521592coaly
colby124415062colby
coldly12459952coldly
coly96940532co_ly
coolly114811392coolly
cooly105525422cooly
coyly135614892coyly
cully105520462cully
dally95324742dally
delly96023872delly
dilly94923782dilly
doily95321032doily
doll56632492doll_
dolls66126922dolls
dooly94821802dooly
doyly124514012doyly
drolly105411672drolly
dully94921632dully
fall75535312fall_
falls85727652falls
fatly115716802fatly
fell76833072fell_
fella84918652fella
fells85327382fells
ferly115517352ferly
feyly14429512feyly
fill75540192fill_
fille84327402fille
fillo84319782fillo
fills84632372fills
filmy136114042filmy
fitly115114972fitly
flay106332802f_lay
fley106626852f_ley
fly97124952f__ly
foal76630922foal_
foals85721692foals
foamy135313202foamy
focally15188552focally
fogey125617872fogey
foggy136714542foggy
fogy115923182fo_gy
foil76433912foil_
foils85025812foils
fold86528942fo_ld
folds95221692folds
foleys123810462foleys
folia83618932folia
folic105319322folic
folio83820882folio
folk116021542fo_lk
folks126017122folks
folksy16484982folksy
folles93820472folles
follis93113902follis
follow124010352follow
fondly13299042fondly
fool75330592fool_
fools86824202fools
footy115820532footy
foray115023972foray
forby135317672forby
forky156119642forky
forty114824272forty
foul77027582foul_
fouls87221432fouls
fowl105723632fowl_
fowls115518892fowls
foxily1947252foxily
foxy176517752fo_xy
foy96044262fo__y
fozy197017162fo_zy
frilly124111442frilly
full75229152full_
fulls84623522fulls
gally95026172gally
gilly94321632gilly
godly104913292godly
gully94020682gully
hilly114422162hilly
holey115626902holey
holily123612952holily
holla84918492holla
hollo84822162hollo
holy106333432ho_ly
hooly115022222hooly
hotly115815482hotly
illy76925332_illy
jelly154218252jelly
jolty155713032jolty
jowly186410902jowly
kelly124617022kelly
knolly13336132knolly
loll46128382loll_
lolls512121732lolls
lowly114113332lowly
moldy115014652moldy
moll66735702moll_
molls75129782molls
moly96031912mo_ly
nelly84618812nelly
nobly105314402nobly
noily86120992noily
oily77932252_oily
oldy85316842_oldy
olla44821172_olla
only75319722_only
pally105727122pally
poll66332132poll_
polls74627722polls
poly96235152po_ly
rally84725902rally
roily86121112roily
roll46331652roll_
rolls55326232rolls
sally85129712sally
silly84527622silly
solely93714212solely
sonly85718052sonly
sully84622902sully
tally84526862tally
telly84920822telly
toll45535262toll_
tolls54728432tolls
tolyl84710092tolyl
trolly94012362trolly
volley12419742volley
wally114625092wally
welly114620012welly
wholly15366572wholly
willy115321912willy
woolly12408512woolly
wooly114417672wooly
yolky15529522yolky

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 Filter178691538000.610292936.1
2DLD Change Limit538001573.33016156.2
3Display Results1571570.0931688.2
 (SQL Overall)1786911574.03344307.2
 
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