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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 “dally” 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.

163 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
dally9532474(None) 
ally76935641_ally
bally105530101bally
daily95922331daily
delly96023871delly
dilly94923781dilly
dolly96125201dolly
dually103210061dually
dully94921631dully
gally95026171gally
pally105727121pally
rally84725901rally
sally85129711sally
tally84526861tally
wally114625091wally
ably99725132_ably
agly86821802_agly
alky115920342_alky
all36148232_all_
allay85620392_allay
alley85721672_alley
alloy85519972_alloy
alls46740922_alls
allyl85310542_allyl
anally9513502anally
badly114918762badly
baldly12479832baldly
baldy115518932baldy
balky145418242balky
ball66043322ball_
balls76236412balls
ballsy11508872ballsy
balmy125217472balmy
belly104625492belly
billy105525362billy
bully105124812bully
call66838672call_
calla74827072calla
calls75634732calls
calmly1337612calmly
chally144314292chally
colly104926772colly
cully105520462cully
daddy116212562daddy
daffy155510282daffy
daftly1335442daftly
dahl87019222dahl_
dahls95012282dahls
dairy97016302dairy
daisy95915312daisy
dal47554952da_l_
dale55643982da_le
dales66439742dales
dalles74222062dalles
dals57145122da_ls
damply14337892damply
dandy104416702dandy
dangly114212262dangly
dankly14419462dankly
darkly145411072darkly
darky136018832darky
dashy125612382dashy
dauby115211222dauby
davy116015522da_vy
day76254112da__y
dayfly1633812dayfly
daylily1434982daylily
deadly113811472deadly
deafly13389122deafly
dearly104615322dearly
delay94820632delay
dell56938202dell_
dells66630942dells
dill55239972dill_
dills65530972dills
dimly114913482dimly
doily95321032doily
doll56632492doll_
dolls66126922dolls
dooly94821802dooly
doyly124514012doyly
drably123511612drably
drawly134910722drawly
drily95816522drily
drolly105411672drolly
dryly12538452dryly
ducally13257412ducally
dull56430442dull_
dulls64523742dulls
duly85323032d_uly
early85324122early
fall75535312fall_
falls85727652falls
fatly115716802fatly
felly114922802felly
filly114424902filly
folly115022602folly
fully114820862fully
gaily95020972gaily
gall56335992gall_
galley104215452galley
galls64729322galls
gayly124513092gayly
gilly94321632gilly
golly95121102golly
gully94020682gully
hall75741162hall_
hallo85127552hallo
halls85633782halls
haply135915062haply
hilly114422162hilly
holly114824432holly
ideally1137792ideally
illy76925332_illy
jelly154218252jelly
jolly154517512jolly
kelly124617022kelly
lall45531312lall_
lalls55324132lalls
laxly15610102laxly
leally94012612leally
lolly85120662lolly
madly115218132madly
mall64639372mall_
malls76233432malls
malmy124816342malmy
malty106721702malty
manly105022952manly
marly106925612marly
modally1338402modally
molly105222492molly
nelly84618812nelly
nodally1137912nodally
orally93113592orally
ovally12278442ovally
palely11311932palely
pall65039342pall_
palls74332562palls
palmy126016732palmy
palsy105417462palsy
paly95835532pa_ly
patly105020582patly
rallye95110162rallye
rawly115115832rawly
really93315612really
sadly94519122sadly
sall44544682sall_
salty85524382salty
silly84527622silly
sully84622902sully
talky126215682talky
tall47240212tall_
talls55133432talls
telly84920822telly
tidally1137932tidally
valley124311602valley
wall76236102wall_
walla85321032walla
walls85529382walls
waly105830902wa_ly
wanly115118022wanly
welly114620012welly
willy115321912willy

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538001631.50035866.7
3Display Results1631630.0463543.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911631.84297009.2
 
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