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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 “aptly” 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.

42 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
aptly10511181(None) 
apply125111391apply
patly105020581patly
raptly11338911raptly
ably99725132a_bly
adeptly1344182adeptly
agly86821802a_gly
ally76935642a_lly
amply125012912amply
antsy85712792antsy
apathy1437032apathy
apery106517902apery
apetaly1237252apetaly
apple94517672apple
apt57352542apt__
apter76120202apter
artily92814712artily
artsy86012962artsy
arty77531312art_y
auntly95211062auntly
daftly1335442daftly
fatly115716802fatly
fitly115114972fitly
haply135915062hap_ly
hotly115815482hotly
inaptly1244412inaptly
lastly93310872lastly
pally105727122pally
paly95835532_paly
partly116315472partly
patsy105717202patsy
patty104723612patty
paty95234562pat_y
pily96132742_pily
ply86323552_p_ly
poly96235152_poly
rattly94111542rattly
tartly96014022tartly
tautly9499502tautly
unaptly1244792unaptly
vastly12508722vastly
wetly114511712wetly

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.293609866.9
2DLD Change Limit53800421.65632487.9
3Display Results42420.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691421.94991683.4
 
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