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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 “woollies” 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.

30 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
woollies114741(None) 
woolies104117361woo_lies
woollier1155431woollier
woolliest1235851woolliest
brollies1039532brollies
collies94326582_collies
coolies93824962coo_lies
dollies83620982_dollies
doolies83920712doo_lies
follies103618942_follies
googlies1086762googlies
hollies103420812_hollies
jollies143516272_jollies
lollies73116922_lollies
mollies93420232_mollies
trollies8310232trollies
wallies103320742w_allies
wellies103719072w_ellies
willies103920152w_illies
wobblies15297232wobblies
woodies113517152woo_dies
woolie93514482woo_lie_
woolier103612352woo_lier
wooliest113011642woo_liest
woolled1136642wooll_ed
woollen1034722wooll_en
woollens1144092woollens
woollike1534982woollike
woollily1443122woollily
woolliness1343562woolliness

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059303.81331749.0
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691304.21942353.9
 
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