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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 “deerflies” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

28 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
deerflies134392(None) 
overflies1539102overflies
alderflies1452443alderflies
barflies1338303_barflies
dayflies1534463d_ayflies
dearies83526273dear__ies
decries103319813decr__ies
deerfly1443983deerfl__y
deerlike1335723deer_like
deerskins1443203deerskins
defies104624053d_e_f_ies
defiles114016843d_e_files
deifies113317453d_eif_ies
dellies83622213d_e_llies
derbies103016053d_er_bies
derries83124623d_er_ries
ferlies103216693_fer_lies
fireflies1545363fireflies
greenflies1443583greenflies
hoverflies1943113hoverflies
medflies1435553_medflies
overlies112417043over_lies
overplies14310463overplies
peeries93623023peer__ies
reflies104418533_re_flies
veeries102916893veer__ies
weeklies1534913wee_klies
yearlies1137603year_lies

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641287.97018650.1
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691288.43621182.0
 
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