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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 “overly” 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.

44 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
overly12241136(None) 
loverly1346971loverly
overfly16246881overfly
overlay132410831overlay
overply15227651overply
overtly13268981overtly
covertly1655762covertly
evenly1236992evenly
every115215452ever_y
ferly115517352_ferly
hoverfly2043002hoverfly
lovely12339712love_ly
novelly1346512novelly
onery8414122oner_y
openly1137122openly
orderly1135762orderly
ovally12278442ovally
ovary1149112ovar_y
over77227342over__
overall10411082overall
overbuy1545422overbuy
overcoy1536632overcoy
overdo10128362overdo
overdry1435902overdry
overdye14126922overdye
overed102216622overed
overholy17216672overholy
overjoy2034872overjoy
overlap12239832overlap
overlax17238412overlax
overlays14239692overlays
overlet102619032overlet
overlie102615012overlie
overlit102714742overlit
overpay15228262overpay
overplay16257552overplay
overs85224792over_s
overt85630722over_t
overwily1736662overwily
poverty1536432poverty
soberly1236942soberly
vealy115817772_vealy
verily122616052_verily
very108025642_ver_y

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551442.48333246.5
3Display Results44440.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691442.80963613.7
 
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