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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 “badly” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

112 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
badly11491876(None) 
baddy125016021baddy
baldly12479831baldly
baldy115518931baldy
bally105530101bally
madly115218131madly
sadly94519121sadly
ably99725132_ably
agly86821802_agly
ally76935642_ally
baal67033112baal_
baals76122702baals
baby116723682ba_by
bad67763152bad__
bade75140882bad_e
badge94819692badge
bads77048862bad_s
baffy165511922baffy
baggy125615682baggy
bail65042802bail_
bailey115015672bailey
bails75933522bails
bal56662722ba_l_
bald76432902ba_ld
balds85524642balds
bale66353842ba_le
balk105132222ba_lk
balky145418242balky
ball66043322ba_ll
balls76236412balls
ballsy11508872ballsy
balm85534202ba_lm
balmy125217472balmy
bals66354042ba_ls
bandy114824182bandy
banty106624002banty
barely114716792barely
barfly14339652barfly
barky145721612barky
barley115116762barley
barmy125218762barmy
barny105821732barny
basely114412312basely
bassly114610072bassly
bassy1012917102bassy
batty105422242batty
baulk114914332baulk
baulky15446312baulky
bawdily1635802bawdily
bawdry15516462bawdry
bawdy147513282bawdy
bawl95326062bawl_
bawls105719322bawls
bawty135614102bawty
bay89661642ba__y
beadily1378842beadily
beadle93314682beadle
beady114719922bead_y
belly104625492belly
bialy105119322bialy
biddy124612692biddy
bigly114814752bigly
billy105525362billy
blandly1336042blandly
bodily12310992bodily
body107425672bod_y
boldly12399422boldly
brawly144312352brawly
broadly1337152broadly
buddy124812632buddy
bully105124812bully
burly104922832burly
caddy125414022caddy
cadgy125210782cadgy
daddy116212562daddy
daily95922332daily
dally95324742dally
deadly113811472deadly
early85324122early
faddy135511622faddy
fatly115716802fatly
gadfly1434662gadfly
gaily95020972gaily
gally95026172gally
gayly124513092gayly
gladly11497932gladly
godly104913292godly
haply135915062haply
hardly135112832hardly
idly85617322_idly
ladle66320442ladle
lady86527152lad_y
laxly15610102laxly
manly105022952manly
marly106925612marly
oddly1037162oddly
paddy125913592paddy
padle84522342padle
pally105727122pally
paly95835532pa_ly
patly105020582patly
rally84725902rally
rawly115115832rawly
redly94217202redly
sally85129712sally
tally84526862tally
waddly14478722waddly
waddy135312992waddy
wady115324992wad_y
wally114625092wally
waly105830902wa_ly
wanly115118022wanly

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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit538001121.42337807.4
3Display Results1121120.0303733.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911121.763101356.2
 
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