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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 “pearly” 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.

65 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
pearly11641484(None) 
dearly104615321dearly
early85324121_early
nearly94813731nearly
pearl75324461pearl_
pearls84715391pearls
peartly1267451peartly
yearly125210271yearly
clearly1236662clearly
deadly113811472deadly
deafly13389122deafly
deary95826842dear_y
earl45838142_earl_
earls56127512_earls
featly123711752featly
ferly115517352fe_rly
gnarly104610382gnarly
hearty126313632hearty
leally94012612leally
leanly93811502leanly
leary85927382lear_y
marly106925612_marly
mealy104422182mea_ly
meanly115412042meanly
measly113610442measly
nearby11356052nearby
neatly93812482neatly
pally105727122p_ally
paly95835532p_a_ly
pardy115523952p_ardy
parlay113713992p_arlay
parle75836162p_arle
parley116718362p_arley
parry105323752p_arry
partly116315472p_artly
party106630612p_arty
patly105020582p_atly
peachy164510842peachy
peaky145718152pea_ky
peal68648102pea_l_
peals75235492pea_ls
pear69745232pear__
pearled10411552pearled
pearler9310372pearler
pears75138612pear_s
peart76440752pear_t
peaty105725692pea_ty
peavey14398792peavey
peavy135014842pea_vy
pebbly1545082pebbly
peery105719442peer_y
penally121111772penally
perdy115417332pe_rdy
perky145319482pe_rky
perry105222712pe_rry
pertly115312552pertly
poorly1137892poorly
really93315612really
snarly93815002snarly
tearily10311152tearily
teary85124052tear_y
vealy115817772vea_ly
weakly1636482weakly
wearily1338782wearily
weary115620612wear_y

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551654.00020637.8
3Display Results65650.0302166.7
 (SQL Overall)178691654.36040984.2
 
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