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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 “poorly” 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.

31 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
poorly113789(None) 
coolly114811392coolly
cooly105525422coo_ly
dooly94821802doo_ly
dourly103210432dourly
goodly11419302goodly
googly11417882googly
hooly115022222hoo_ly
hooray123011372hooray
hourly12369622hourly
moory105115792moor_y
pearly116414842pearly
pokily15309062pokily
poly96235152p_o_ly
poodle93112042poodle
poofy136213272poo_fy
pool65835952poo_l_
pools74427702poo_ls
poor65630222poor__
poorer82613992poorer
poori74816232poor_i
pooris83916842pooris
porgy116916122p_orgy
porky145019332p_orky
porny106020192p_orny
portly114713402portly
poshly1437722poshly
priorly12335762priorly
sourly93612212sourly
woolly12408512woolly
wooly114417672woo_ly

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551312.37334787.6
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691312.71965719.4
 
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