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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 “ably” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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152 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
ably9972513(None) 
able66340531able
aby810238061ab_y
agly86821801agly
ally76935641ally
aal39058672aal_
aals49941142aals
ab410674762ab__
aba512850952ab_a
abas68642082abas
abaya104413172abaya
abba810522652abba
abbe87627192abbe
abbey125714932abbey
abed79734132abed
abele76323252abele
abet610547942abet
abled86926832abled
abler75624312abler
ables75935542ables
abo59045962ab_o
abos67734412abos
abri65522212abri
abs59356072ab_s
abut66834952abut
abye97921002abye
abys97221882abys
achy126316092achy
acyl95314292acyl
aery77231682aery
agley96917332agley
ahoy101919182ahoy
ail37171052ail_
ails45654722ails
airy75734162airy
al210674042a_l_
ala312463602a_la
alb57342652a_lb
alba68328332alba
albs68628572albs
ale36572342a_le
alky115920342alky
all36148232a_ll
allay85620392allay
alley85721672alley
alloy85519972alloy
alls46740922alls
allyl85310542allyl
alp56641132a_lp
als36663022a_ls
alt36467962a_lt
amble95924642amble
ambry123512102ambry
amply125012912amply
amyl95515102amyl
any68440492a_ny
apply125111392apply
aptly105111812aptly
army96624192army
arty77531312arty
aryl75922342aryl
ashy107717352ashy
auld54125362auld
away108024222away
awl67635302awl_
awls75926092awls
awny105919302awny
awry107619682awry
axle116424602axle
ay511773892a__y
baby116723682baby
badly114918762badly
bal56662722bal_
bald76432902bald
baldy115518932baldy
bale66353842bale
balk105132222balk
balky145418242balky
ball66043322ball
bally105530102bally
balm85534202balm
balmy125217472balmy
bals66354042bals
bay89661642_bay
bey86645422_bey
boy87753562_boy
buy86436542_buy
by77529232_b_y
cabby145314562cabby
cable95329912cable
coly96940532coly
daily95922332daily
dally95324742dally
drably123511612drably
duly85323032duly
early85324122early
eely77725212eely
fable105824752fable
fatly115716802fatly
fly97124952_fly
gabby135512952gabby
gable85325522gable
gaby107123192gab_y
gaily95020972gaily
gally95026172gally
gayly124513092gayly
haply135915062haply
holy106333432holy
idly85617332idly
illy76925332illy
inly75622212inly
laxly15610102laxly
lily76730192lily
madly115218132madly
manly105022952manly
marbly134111932marbly
marly106925612marly
moly96031912moly
nobly105314402nobly
obey96521302obey
oily77932262oily
only75319722only
pally105727122pally
paly95835532paly
patly105020582patly
pily96132742pily
ply86323552_ply
poly96235152poly
rally84725902rally
rawly115115832rawly
rely75428952rely
ruly76323142ruly
sable74732162sable
sadly94519122sadly
sally85129712sally
sly66228562_sly
stably113314122stably
suably112814532suably
tabby125213892tabby
tabla73318362tabla
table75429602table
tally84526862tally
ugly86012382ugly
usably11288982usably
viably14199832viably
wabbly16348362wabbly
wally114625092wally
waly105830902waly
wambly16388662wambly
wanly115118022wanly
wily106428822wily
yabby15389752yabby

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 Filter178691298720.283631417.0
2DLD Change Limit298721520.90333080.8
3Display Results1521520.0334606.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911521.219146588.2
 
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