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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 “nettly” 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.

38 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
nettly945945(None) 
neatly93812481neatly
nettle64514581nettle
netty85816761nett_y
deftly1336532deftly
featly123711752featly
fettle93713122fettle
gently103710912gently
ineptly1245072ineptly
inertly1038542inertly
jetty156212582jett_y
kettle104311612kettle
meetly1138672meetly
mettle83815722mettle
nattily103610322nattily
natty85719142natt_y
nearly94813732nearly
nebuly1135792nebuly
nelly84618812ne_lly
nestle63013952nestle
nett46643232nett__
netted74118712netted
netter63722022netter
nettled8339942nettled
nettler7349502nettler
nettles73214082nettles
netts55320722nett_s
newly114610202ne_wly
nitty85418312nitt_y
nuttily10308632nuttily
nutty84816872nutt_y
pertly115312552pertly
pettily1238172pettily
pettle84116052pettle
petty105320292pett_y
rattly94111542rattly
settle63915662settle
wetly114511712we_tly

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551382.57632046.2
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691382.94960593.8
 
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