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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 “lovelily” 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.

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
lovelily144433(None) 
livelily1444101livelily
lonelily1144971lonelily
comelily1546692comelily
levelly1335852level_ly
loveably16175232loveably
lovelier1136432lovelier
lovelies1139892lovelies
lovely12339712love__ly
loverly1346972love_rly
lowlily1335352lo_wlily
novelly1346512novel_ly
covertly1655763covertly
dovelike16157133dovelike
flowerily1842993flowerily
godlily1235343go_dlily
holily123612953ho__lily
hoveling15189593hoveling
hoverfly2043003hoverfly
jollily1745773jo_llily
leerily1037633l_eerily
leveling122910433leveling
livelier1136873livelier
lively123310813live__ly
lobelia947213lobeli_a
lobelias1047203lobelias
lobeline1039963lobeline
locality13148433locality
locally12179723local_ly
loftily1336353lo_ftily
logily1039833lo__gily
lolly85120663lo__l_ly
lonelier838003lonelier
lonely92912473lone__ly
loonily1037073lo_onily
loopily1236803lo_opily
lousily1038333lo_usily
lovably15187063lov_ably
loveable13187903loveable
lovebird1442643lovebird
loveless1168573loveless
lovelessly1683173lovelessly
loveliest1246973loveliest
lovelock1743253lovelock
lovelorn1144353lovelorn
lovesick1742853lovesick
lovevine1444113lovevine
lovingly1535703lovingly
loyally13126843loyal_ly
moveably18175543moveably
novelise1137953novelise
novelist1149453novelist
novelize2046843novelize
novella1076213novel_la
novelle1058233novel_le
novelty1365173novel_ty
oilily93111723_o_ilily
ovality1377593_ovality
ovally12278443_oval_ly
overfly16246883_overfly
overly122411363_ove_rly
overply15227653_overply
overtly13268983_overtly
overwily1736663_overwily
ravelly13268353ravel_ly
slovenly1443853slove_nly
verily122616053__verily
woollily1443123woollily

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 Limit146162687.18620339.8
3Display Results68680.0332060.6
 (SQL Overall)178691687.62523434.9
 
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