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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 “oldies” 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.

76 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
oldies731442(None) 
oldie6415471oldie_
alkies104518092alkies
allies63827672allies
baldies105317702baldies
bodies94524142bodies
bolides10515072bolides
boodies103721442boodies
colies84837052col_ies
collies94326582collies
didies84621832didies
dies55653522__dies
dollies83620982dollies
doodies94218772doodies
dowdies123412732dowdies
eddies83313162eddies
elides74420692elides
flies85630712fl_ies
folkies143612252folkies
follies103618942follies
foodies113416752foodies
glides84518862glides
goodies93516992goodies
holies94630032hol_ies
hollies103420812hollies
hoodies113419832hoodies
howdies142911952howdies
indies73822782indies
jollies143516272jollies
ladies75124882ladies
lies46454192_l_ies
lodes66436912lod_es
lodges86820152lodges
lollies73116922lollies
looies65025832looies
lories64933042lories
louies64525102louies
moldier103110032moldier
moldiest11249692moldiest
molies84429512mol_ies
mollies93420232mollies
noddies93512042noddies
nudies75217092nudies
odes57243242o_d_es
olden65114852old_en
older65121172old_er
oldest72114092old_est
oldish10169312oldish
oldness836402oldness
olds55926572old__s
oldwives1542462oldwives
oleines7313392oleines
oleins6313522oleins
oles46453472ol__es
olios54520852ol_ios
olives94313952olives
ologies8615022ologies
oodles73517182oodles
ordines83014902ordines
orgies72316092orgies
oxides14109692oxides
plies74526512pl_ies
polies84034582pol_ies
roadies83317442roadies
rowdies113112692rowdies
slides73922182slides
soddies92312852soddies
soldier82812152soldier
soldiers9277772soldiers
tidies74721832tidies
toadies82914862toadies
toddies93011992toddies
todies74223552todies
undies73821962undies
wadies105121202wadies
woodies113517152woodies

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551762.17337989.4
3Display Results76760.0135846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691762.51271135.0
 
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