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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 “baldly” 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.

49 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
baldly1247983(None) 
badly114918761ba_dly
baldy115518931bald_y
bally105530101bal_ly
boldly12399421boldly
ally76935642_al_ly
baddy125016022ba_ddy
bald76432902bald__
balded105417512balded
balder95318862balder
balds85524642bald_s
balkily16266692balkily
balky145418242bal_ky
ball66043322bal_l_
balls76236412bal_ls
ballsy11508872ballsy
balmily14216462balmily
balmy125217472bal_my
bandy114824182band_y
barely114716792barely
barfly14339652barfly
basely114412312basely
bassly114610072bassly
bawdily1635802bawdily
bawdry15516462bawdry
bawdy147513282bawd_y
belly104625492bel_ly
billy105525362bil_ly
blandly1336042blandly
bully105124812bul_ly
calmly1337612calmly
coldly12459952coldly
dally95324742dal_ly
gally95026172gal_ly
gladly11497932gladly
hardly135112832hardly
madly115218132ma_dly
mildly12318242mildly
palely11311932palely
pally105727122pal_ly
rally84725902ral_ly
ribaldly1442812ribaldly
sadly94519122sa_dly
sally85129712sal_ly
tally84526862tal_ly
validly1435572validly
waddly14478722waddly
wally114625092wal_ly
wildly13328122wildly

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551492.50033020.4
3Display Results49490.0133769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691492.84362853.0
 
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