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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 “dollying” 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.

32 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
dollying1340742(None) 
collying14319551collying
dallying13368491dallying
dolling93817371doll_ing
jollying19316061jollying
allying113011662_allying
bellying14359072bellying
bolling103820882boll_ing
bullying14329292bullying
cullying14297502cullying
delaying133210972delaying
doling84923132do_l_ing
dolloping1344992dolloping
drolling103510762droll_ing
dulling93418272dull_ing
gallying13328932gallying
gillying13306812gillying
gullying13367242gullying
hollaing12167102hollaing
holloing12148822holloing
jellying19306172jellying
lolling83415782loll_ing
polling102920382poll_ing
rallying12289012rallying
rolling83620412roll_ing
sallying12309852sallying
sullying12328512sullying
tallying12318832tallying
tolling83418562toll_ing
trollying1354052trollying
volleying1643762volleying
willying15306712willying

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911210590.516346300.4
2DLD Change Limit121059324.47027082.6
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691324.99935745.3
 
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