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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 “brolly” 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.

48 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
brolly11451085(None) 
drolly105411671drolly
trolly94012361trolly
bally105530102b_ally
belly104625492b_elly
billy105525362b_illy
boldly12399422b_oldly
boll65634752b_oll_
bolls75531312b_olls
brawly144312352brawly
brill74819952brill_
brillo84211002brillo
brills84916292brills
broadly1337152broadly
broil74918222broil_
broils84114172broils
bronzy20306712bronzy
broody124510082broody
broomy13449952broomy
brosy106115382bro_sy
brothy14519622brothy
browny144510042browny
bully105124812b_ully
colly104926772_colly
coolly114811392coolly
dolly96125202_dolly
droll65415402droll_
drolls75312392drolls
drooly104911072drooly
folly115022602_folly
frilly124111442frilly
golly95121102_golly
growly13499172growly
holly114824432_holly
jolly154517512_jolly
knolly13336132knolly
lolly85120662_lolly
molly105222492_molly
orally93113592orally
rally84725902_rally
roily86121112_roily
roll46331652_roll_
rolls55326232_rolls
troll54416532troll_
trolley10328752trolley
trolls64613942trolls
wholly15366572wholly
woolly12408512woolly

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 Limit82551482.28336159.0
3Display Results48480.0133692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691482.63967711.6
 
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