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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 “pally” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

180 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
pally10572712(None) 
ally76935641_ally
bally105530101bally
dally95324741dally
gally95026171gally
palely11311931palely
pall65039341pall_
palls74332561palls
palmy126016731palmy
palsy105417461palsy
paly95835531pa_ly
patly105020581patly
rally84725901rally
sally85129711sally
tally84526861tally
wally114625091wally
ably99725132_ably
agly86821802_agly
alky115920342_alky
all36148232_all_
allay85620392_allay
alley85721672_alley
alloy85519972_alloy
alls46740922_alls
allyl85310542_allyl
anally9513502anally
apply125111392apply
aptly105111812aptly
badly114918762badly
baldly12479832baldly
baldy115518932baldy
balky145418242balky
ball66043322ball_
balls76236412balls
ballsy11508872ballsy
balmy125217472balmy
belly104625492belly
billy105525362billy
bully105124812bully
call66838672call_
calla74827072calla
calls75634732calls
calmly1337612calmly
chally144314292chally
colly104926772colly
cully105520462cully
daily95922332daily
delly96023872delly
dilly94923782dilly
dolly96125202dolly
dually103210062dually
dully94921632dully
early85324122early
fall75535312fall_
falls85727652falls
fatly115716802fatly
felly114922802felly
filly114424902filly
folly115022602folly
fully114820862fully
gaily95020972gaily
gall56335992gall_
galley104215452galley
galls64729322galls
gayly124513092gayly
gilly94321632gilly
golly95121102golly
gully94020682gully
hall75741162hall_
hallo85127552hallo
halls85633782halls
haply135915062haply
hilly114422162hilly
holly114824432holly
illy76925332_illy
jelly154218252jelly
jolly154517512jolly
kelly124617022kelly
lall45531312lall_
lalls55324132lalls
laxly15610102laxly
leally94012612leally
lolly85120662lolly
madly115218132madly
mall64639372mall_
malls76233432malls
malmy124816342malmy
malty106721702malty
manly105022952manly
marly106925612marly
molly105222492molly
nelly84618812nelly
orally93113592orally
ovally12278442ovally
pacey126720282pacey
packly17228332packly
pacy115328682pa_cy
paddy125913592paddy
padle84522342padle
paella8410912paella
pail66141832pail_
pails75833062pails
pal56761672pa_l_
pale66055012pa_le
palea75028662palea
paled85538722paled
paler75436932paler
pales75753802pales
palet74650802palet
palled94625162palled
pallet84232652pallet
pallia83015592pallia
pallid93915282pallid
pallor8313672pallor
palm85331362pa_lm
palms94921752palms
palp85828572pa_lp
palpi95414552palpi
palps94719562palps
pals66951352pa_ls
paltry114910402paltry
pandy115021172pandy
pansy105717972pansy
panty105929302panty
papally1437972papally
pappy114713802pappy
pardy115523952pardy
parlay113713992parlay
parle75836162parle
parley116718362parley
parry105323752parry
partly116315472partly
party106630612party
pasty105725052pasty
patsy105717202patsy
patty104723612patty
paty95234562pa_ty
pawky173810152pawky
pawl95123262pawl_
pawls105617662pawls
pay88461182pa__y
pearly116414842pearly
penally121111772penally
phalli1148262phalli
pill65339462pill_
pills74130972pills
pily96132732p_ily
platy105021662platy
play95928982p_lay
ploy96123602p_loy
ply86323552p__ly
poll66332132poll_
polls74627722polls
poly96235152p_oly
pull64731662pull_
pulley113713402pulley
pulls74425052pulls
pulpy124612362pulpy
rallye95110162rallye
rawly115115832rawly
really93315612really
sadly94519122sadly
sall44544682sall_
salty85524382salty
silly84527622silly
spall74919302spall_
spalls84217342spalls
sully84622902sully
talky126215682talky
tall47240212tall_
talls55133432talls
telly84920822telly
valley124311602valley
wall76236102wall_
walla85321032walla
walls85529382walls
waly105830902wa_ly
wanly115118022wanly
welly114620012welly
willy115321912willy

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538001801.72031279.1
3Display Results1801800.0463913.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911802.06286659.1
 
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