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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 “hoverfly” 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.

55 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
hoverfly204300(None) 
overfly16246881_overfly
covertly1655762covertly
loverly1346972lover_ly
overly122411362_over_ly
overply15227652_overply
overtly13268982_overtly
alderfly1542753alderfly
coverall1347603coverall
deerfly1443983_deerfly
haverel13397153haverel_
haverels14325753haverels
hoarily1338973ho_arily
homely145313173home__ly
honestly14355933honestly
horsefly1744873horsefly
hourly12369623ho_ur_ly
housefly1744103housefly
hovel115017683hove__l_
hovels125413333hove__ls
hover115524133hover___
hovered143411573hover_ed
hoverer13319823hover_er
hoverers14289023hoverers
hoverflies1943113hoverflies
hovering151911143hovering
hovers124320253hover__s
loveably16175233loveably
lovelily1444333lovelily
lovely12339713love__ly
modernly1443843modernly
moveably18175543moveably
novelly1346513nove_lly
overall10411083_overall
overbuy1545423_overbuy
overcoy1536633_overcoy
overdry1435903_overdry
overfar13227943_overfar
overfat132712283_overfat
overfed142510253_overfed
overfill1436313_overfill
overfit132610963_overfit
overflew1735593_overflew
overflow1754923_overflow
overfull1435923_overfull
overholy17216673_overholy
overjoy2034873_overjoy
overlay132410833_overlay
overpay15228263_overpay
overplay16257553_overplay
overwily1736663_overwily
poverty1536433pover_ty
severely1445303severely
soberly1236943sober_ly
verily122616053__verily

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162557.31319986.6
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691557.73523101.6
 
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