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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 “newly” 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.

49 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
newly11461020(None) 
nelly84618811nelly
newsy11489391newsy
belly104625492belly
delly96023872delly
dewily1338342dewily
dewy115419022dew_y
eely77725212_eely
felly114922802felly
ferly115517352ferly
feyly14429512feyly
jelly154218252jelly
jowly186410902jowly
kelly124617022kelly
lewdly1334392lewdly
lowly114113332lowly
mealy104422182mealy
mewl95618322mewl_
mewls105813232mewls
nearly94813732nearly
neatly93812482neatly
nebuly1135792nebuly
neddy10479872neddy
needy94614692needy
nerdy95014702nerdy
nervy114610862nervy
nettly9459452nettly
netty85816762netty
new66237092new__
newel86114132newel
newels93710822newels
newer85717462newer
newie81813482newie
news76127372new_s
newt76933742new_t
newts86015282newts
nobly105314402nobly
noily86120992noily
noway111112842noway
rawly115115832rawly
redly94217192redly
refly113914562refly
rely75428952re_ly
reply104015852reply
seely84522632seely
telly84920822telly
vealy115817772vealy
welly114620012welly
wetly114511712wetly

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0961861364.6
2DLD Change Limit53800491.42037887.3
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691491.532116639.0
 
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