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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 “nellies” 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.

55 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
nellies7341872(None) 
bellies94023721bellies
dellies83622211dellies
fellies104119741fellies
jellies143816531jellies
kellies113516851kellies
nellie63614811nellie_
tellies73820501tellies
wellies103719071wellies
allies63827672_allies
ballies93725742ballies
belies84631052be_lies
belles85325992bell_es
bellied104314072bellied
billies93923502billies
bullies94121892bullies
collies94326582collies
cullies94419962cullies
dallies84023192dallies
dillies84122162dillies
dollies83620982dollies
felloes104114382felloes
ferlies103216692ferlies
fillies103420252fillies
follies103618942follies
gallies84122712gallies
gillies84120962gillies
gullies84717312gullies
helloes103717462helloes
hollies103420812hollies
jellied15419222jellied
jollies143516272jollies
kelpies13289902kelpies
killies113318112killies
lollies73116922lollies
mealies92821932mealies
mollies93420232mollies
neddies92710702neddies
negliges1034832negliges
newbies12147422newbies
newies91014072ne_wies
newsies101310382newsies
rallies73823342rallies
reflies104418532reflies
relies65036422re_lies
replies94521042replies
sallies73227812sallies
selkies113513352selkies
selles64426982sell_es
sillies73425082sillies
sullies74122232sullies
tallies73624602tallies
wallies103320742wallies
wellie92814912wellie_
willies103920152willies

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671553.26632967.2
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691553.67248663.1
 
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