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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 “tellys” 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.

51 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
tellys934884(None) 
tells55828941tell_s
telly84920821telly_
belays114313852belays
belles85325992belles
bells76432162bell_s
belly104625492belly_
cellos84517802cellos
cells75428062cell_s
delays104014052delays
dells66630942dell_s
delly96023872delly_
ells46431352_ell_s
fellas95116962fellas
fells85327382fell_s
felly114922802felly_
hellos95321682hellos
hells85032042hell_s
jellos134714282jellos
jells125522162jell_s
jelly154218252jelly_
kelly124617022kelly_
mells75031332mell_s
nelly84618812nelly_
relays94316752relays
selles64426982selles
sells55134432sell_s
stellas72813042stellas
tallis63319962tallis
talls55133432tall_s
tally84526862tally_
teals56234132teal_s
teels55726372teel_s
telcos8710682telcos
teles54536002te_les
tell44934702tell__
teller63519822teller
tellers73717602tellers
tellies73820502tellies
telos55424522te_los
tels46841692te_l_s
tepoys1137542tepoys
teslas64212172teslas
tills54631712till_s
tolls54728432toll_s
tolyls9436962tolyls
trellis739872trellis
tulles63218892tulles
wells85426192well_s
welly114620012welly_
yells85821942yell_s

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551512.51632810.4
3Display Results51510.0133923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691512.87262218.3
 
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