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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 “telly” 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.

136 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
telly8492082(None) 
belly104625491belly
delly96023871delly
felly114922801felly
jelly154218251jelly
kelly124617021kelly
nelly84618811nelly
tally84526861tally
tell44934701tell_
tells55828941tells
tellys9348841tellys
welly114620011welly
ally76935642_ally
bally105530102bally
belay105021522belay
bell66237182bell_
belle75827832belle
bells76432162bells
billy105525362billy
bully105124812bully
cell65031722cell_
cella75420312cella
celli76717692celli
cello74919582cello
cells75428062cells
colly104926772colly
cully105520462cully
dally95324742dally
delay94820632delay
dell56938202dell_
dells66630942dells
dilly94923782dilly
dolly96125202dolly
dully94921632dully
eely77725212_eely
ell36735682_ell_
ells46431352_ells
elmy95616792_elmy
fell76833072fell_
fella84918652fella
fells85327382fells
ferly115517352ferly
feyly14429512feyly
filly114424902filly
folly115022602folly
fully114820862fully
gally95026172gally
gilly94321632gilly
golly95121102golly
gully94020682gully
hell75637892hell_
hello86522982hello
hells85032042hells
hilly114422162hilly
holly114824432holly
illy76925332_illy
jell117125872jell_
jello126716272jello
jells125522162jells
jolly154517512jolly
kelpy145110682kelpy
leally94012612leally
lolly85120662lolly
mealy104422182mealy
mell64935612mell_
mells75031332mells
melty104918362melty
molly105222492molly
newly114610202newly
pally105727122pally
rally84725902rally
really93315612really
redly94217202redly
refly113914562refly
relay84424672relay
rely75428952re_ly
reply104015852reply
sally85129712sally
seely84522632seely
sell45840612sell_
selle54428312selle
sells55134432sells
shelly124414472shelly
silly84527622silly
smelly114110362smelly
steely93612572steely
stella63612972stella
stilly93714092stilly
sully84622902sully
talky126215682talky
tall47240212tall_
talls55133432talls
teal45546502teal_
teals56234132teals
teary85124052teary
techy135612012techy
teddy10489492teddy
teel46335802teel_
teels55726372teels
teeny85417882teeny
tel35647902te_l_
tela45532972te_la
telae54323292telae
telco7511872telco
tele45040872te_le
teles54536002teles
telex125214822telex
telia55821142telia
telic76019822telic
teller63519832teller
teloi54217382teloi
telos55424522telos
tels46841692te_ls
tenty86121602tenty
tepoy10312162tepoy
termly1138432termly
terry84721872terry
tesla55612602tesla
testy85419062testy
till45941212till_
tills54631712tills
toll45535262toll_
tolls54728432tolls
tolyl84710092tolyl
trebly1138972trebly
trolly94012362trolly
truly84111552truly
tulle54019932tulle
vealy115817772vealy
wally114625092wally
well75832042well_
wells85426192wells
wetly114511712wetly
willy115321912willy
yell76028322yell_
yells85821942yells

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001361.67332157.8
3Display Results1361360.0462956.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911362.03287938.5
 
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