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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 “gospelly” 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.

30 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
gospelly144314(None) 
gorbelly1445472gorbelly
gospel936532gospe_l_
gospeler1173962gospeler
gospeller1263752gospeller
gospels1035592gospe_ls
bonspell1243163bonspell_
bonspells1343193bonspells
costally1339733costally
gingelly13305693gingelly
goldenly1344103goldenly
golly95121103go___lly
gorgedly1444003gorgedly
gospelers1273683gospelers
gospellers1363023gospellers
gravelly15385773gravelly
hostelry1443913hostelry
novelly1346513no_velly
openly1137123_o_penly
postally13310273postally
potbelly1544213potbelly
respell947023respell_
respells1056333respells
roselle7310243ros_elle
rostella845493rostella
shelly124414473__shelly
smelly114110363__smelly
sowbelly1643873sowbelly
spell75020303__spell_
spells84617683__spells

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162307.23620199.3
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691307.68523251.9
 
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