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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 “gallflies” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

40 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
gallflies134422(None) 
gadflies1334732ga_dflies
galleries10311702galleries
gallies84122712ga_l_lies
alkalies12158543_alkalies
alleles73812033_allel_es
allies63827673_a_l_lies
ballies93725743ba_l_lies
barflies1338303ba_rflies
dallies84023193da_l_lies
dayflies1534463da_yflies
daylilies1343123daylilies
fallacies1446833fallacies
galaxies1637163ga_laxies
galilees936333ga_lilees
gallamines1345493gallamines
gallates92815523gall_ates
galleins9258693gall_eins
gallerias1047133gallerias
galleried1146923galleried
gallfly1433523gallfl__y
gallicizes2284833gallicizes
gallied94115003ga_l_lied
gallowses1374943gallowses
galluses936963gall_uses
gasifies1238693gasif_ies
ghillies12408663ghil_lies
gillies84120963g_il_lies
glowflies1642893glowflies
gullies84717313g_ul_lies
halflives1842783ha_lflives
mayflies1644913ma_yflies
rallies73823343ra_l_lies
salifies11314793salif_ies
sallies73227813sa_l_lies
sandflies1346513sandflies
sawflies1444743sa_wflies
tallies73624603ta_l_lies
wallabies1445733wallabies
wallies103320743wa_l_lies

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.486367677.0
2DLD Change Limit148641406.64022385.7
3Display Results40400.0301333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691407.15624970.8
 
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