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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 “medley” 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
medley129834(None) 
medleys13115331medleys
henley1237482henley
madly115218132madl_y
mealy104422182meal_y
medaled113411612medaled
meddle103312762meddle_
meddled123210032meddled
meddler11319952meddler
meddles113213252meddles
medfly1535222medfly
medlar93010462medlar
melded104714712melded
melder93915812melder
melee73729102me_lee
melled95023022melled
melty104918362me_lty
merely111312592merely
merle75824372merle_
merles85322762merles
mewled123710052mewled
mewler113510232mewler
midleg1038552midleg
mooley11311632mooley
motley1139382motley
muley104819282m_uley
mulley114013452mulley
pedler93614622pedler
pedlery13297082pedlery
redleg839272redleg
redly94217202redl_y
ridley10169542ridley

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551322.71630394.3
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.07558110.9
 
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