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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 “handy” 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.

120 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
handy12552087(None) 
bandy114824181bandy
candy115119821candy
dandy104416701dandy
hand86833711hand_
hands95327381hands
hanky155418291hanky
hardy125622061hardy
pandy115021171pandy
randy95022081randy
sandy94221131sandy
shandy134710031shandy
and47244172_and_
ands57833612_ands
any68440492_an_y
baddy125016022baddy
baldy115518932baldy
band76740912band_
banda85223102banda
bands85233422bands
banty106624002banty
bawdy147513282bawdy
bendy115017252bendy
brandy124712062brandy
caddy125414022caddy
canny105817692canny
canty105226802canty
chancy164010862chancy
chanty145215822chanty
daddy116212562daddy
faddy135511622faddy
fancy134615482fancy
fanny114816042fanny
gaudy106611462gaudy
had77658762ha_d_
hade85440192ha_de
hadj155818672ha_dj
haed86338582haed_
hairy115316832hairy
hammy155113432hammy
hance105424152hance
handax1749582handax
handed114919982handed
hander104526432hander
handily143610872handily
handle104219292handle
hang85535552han_g
hangs95726722hangs
hank115134142han_k
hanks126226862hanks
hansa85416782hansa
hanse85722792hanse
hant75461592han_t
hants86335402hants
haply135915062haply
happy155813532happy
hard85443502hard_
hardly135112832hardly
hards96435652hards
harpy136418212harpy
harry115322952harry
hasty115718762hasty
hay97358772ha__y
hayey144812532hayey
hazy1918119192ha_zy
heady125117262heady
henry114014472henry
hind85529752hind_
hinds96721472hinds
hinky155618752hinky
hinny115616672hinny
honda9414982honda
honey115629912honey
honky156218522honky
hoody124919722hoody
howdy155711412howdy
hunky155417732hunky
janty156816962janty
lady86527152la_dy
land56337312land_
lands65426902lands
lanky125517482lanky
lardy96119272lardy
lindy96918312lindy
mangy115021242mangy
manly105022952manly
many95731862man_y
maundy12506782maundy
nancy105214922nancy
nanny84813812nanny
paddy125913592paddy
panda85022612panda
pansy105717972pansy
panty105929302panty
pardy115523952pardy
rand55839572rand_
rands65930452rands
rangy95320382rangy
rindy95717392rindy
sand55338472sand_
sands65228582sands
shady125416512sha_dy
shanny124110092shanny
shanty124715122shanty
shindy13449322shindy
tangy94519932tangy
tansy84514932tansy
tardy94720462tardy
undy85015162_undy
unhandy1445512unhandy
vanda94515922vanda
waddy135312992waddy
wady115324992wa_dy
wand85833882wand_
wands96425482wands
waney115120322waney
wanly115118022wanly
wany106432362wan_y
windy126118102windy
zany167316992zan_y

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 Filter178691538000.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit538001201.70031647.1
3Display Results1201200.0333636.4
 (SQL Overall)1786911202.06386617.1
 
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