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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 “dearly” 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.

68 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
dearly10461532(None) 
deadly113811471deadly
deafly13389121deafly
deary95826841dear_y
early85324121_early
nearly94813731nearly
pearly116414841pearly
yearly125210271yearly
clearly1236662clearly
daily95922332d_aily
dally95324742d_ally
darkly145411072d_arkly
darky136018832d_arky
deal56347412dea_l_
deals65435342dea_ls
dealt65234282dea_lt
dear55343602dear__
dearer74822802dearer
dearie73319812dearie
dears65736882dear_s
dearth104212512dearth
deathly14336862deathly
deathy134210232deathy
decry115514352decr_y
deeply1257012deeply
deerfly1443982deerfly
defray1337642defray
deftly1336532deftly
delly96023872de_lly
denary105316862denar_y
deray95024182de_ray
derby114715342de_rby
derry94721372de_rry
dewily1338342dewily
diary95016972diar_y
dourly103210432dourly
drably123511612drably
drawly134910722drawly
drearily1236082drearily
dreary104611672drear_y
dually103210062dually
earl45838142_earl_
earls56127512_earls
featly123711752featly
ferly115517352fe_rly
gnarly104610382gnarly
hearty126313632hearty
ideally1137792ideally
leally94012612leally
leanly93811502leanly
leary85927382lear_y
marly106925612_marly
mealy104422182mea_ly
meanly115412042meanly
measly113610442measly
nearby11356052nearby
neatly93812482neatly
pearl75324462pearl_
pearls84715392pearls
peartly1267452peartly
really93315612really
snarly93815002snarly
tearily10311152tearily
teary85124052tear_y
vealy115817772vea_ly
weakly1636482weakly
wearily1338782wearily
weary115620612wear_y

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551682.48333246.5
3Display Results68680.0164250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691682.87562153.4
 
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