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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 “swirly” 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.

37 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
swirly1243925(None) 
swirl84514141swirl_
swirls94010131swirls
twirly12427081twirly
aswirl935092aswirl_
fairly125610012fairly
girly94415292_girly
shily115222012shi_ly
shirty124312562shirty
silly84527622s_illy
skirl96012912skirl_
skirls10449822skirls
slily85820032sli_ly
slimly11408902slimly
smirky15406942smirky
snarly93815002snarly
sourly93612212sourly
spiry105017352spir_y
stilly93714092stilly
surly85124432s_urly
swarty125812382swarty
swiftly1633732swiftly
swill83417372swi_ll
swills94213362swills
swimmy16234352swimmy
swingy13489872swingy
swiple11379232swiple
swirled11308222swirled
swishy15365842swishy
swithly1634442swithly
twirl85011942twirl_
twirls9478122twirls
whirly15448862whirly
willy115321912_willy
wily106428812_wi_ly
wirily123310782_wirily
wiry106422832_wir_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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551372.50033020.4
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691372.85962501.2
 
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