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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 “fondly” 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.

33 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
fondly1329904(None) 
fondle104412941fondle
boldly12399422boldly
coldly12459952coldly
fiddly14328482fiddly
finely123011562finely
folly115022602fo_lly
fond86330952fond__
fonded115717042fonded
fonder104120062fonder
fondled12399422fondled
fondler11348882fondler
fondles113512612fondles
fonds95824822fond_s
fondu96013972fond_u
fondue104510492fondue
fondus105210942fondus
foully1239012foully
foundry1433912foundry
foxily1947252foxily
godly104913292go_dly
goodly11419302goodly
hondle103914522hondle
kindly14358852kindly
lonely92912472lonely
longly10279602longly
lordly1038752lordly
loudly1037782loudly
oddly1037162_oddly
only75319722_on_ly
roundly1136722roundly
sonly85718052son_ly
soundly1136682soundly

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551332.35635038.6
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691332.73265406.7
 
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