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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 “ovally” 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.

43 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
ovally1227844(None) 
orally93113591orally
ally76935642__ally
anally9513502anally
bally105530102_bally
cavally1588482cavally
chally144314292chally
coevally1646282coevally
dally95324742_dally
dually103210062dually
evilly1236592evilly
focally15188552focally
gally95026172_gally
jovially2144752jovially
leally94012612leally
locally12179722locally
lovably15187062lovably
loyally13126842loyally
modally1338402modally
morally12411492morally
movably17167042movably
navally1366472navally
nodally1137912nodally
novelly1346512novelly
otalgy1035352otalgy
oval77119522ova_l_
ovality1377592ovality
ovals85413392ova_ls
ovary1149112ova_ry
ovately1334432ovately
overly122411362overly
pally105727122_pally
rally84725902_rally
really93315612really
royally13157732royally
sally85129712_sally
tally84526862_tally
tonally10311372tonally
totally1039892totally
valley124311602_valley
vocally15188342vocally
wally114625092_wally
zonally1938002zonally

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 Filter178691825510.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit82551432.51632810.4
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691432.88861873.6
 
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