Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “refly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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83 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
refly	11	39	1456	(None)
redly	9	42	1720	1	redly
refry	11	44	1246	1	refry
rely	7	54	2895	1	re_ly
reply	10	40	1585	1	reply
belly	10	46	2549	2	belly
briefly	15	3	457	2	briefly
deafly	13	38	912	2	deafly
deftly	13	3	653	2	deftly
defy	11	49	2126	2	def_y
delly	9	60	2387	2	delly
eely	7	77	2521	2	_eely
felly	11	49	2280	2	felly
ferly	11	55	1735	2	ferly
feyly	14	42	951	2	feyly
firefly	16	3	563	2	firefly
fly	9	71	2495	2	__fly
freely	12	3	1096	2	freely
greyly	13	31	654	2	greyly
hefty	14	61	1213	2	hefty
jelly	15	42	1825	2	jelly
kelly	12	46	1702	2	kelly
lefty	11	56	1356	2	lefty
liefly	12	6	636	2	liefly
mealy	10	44	2218	2	mealy
medfly	15	3	522	2	medfly
nelly	8	46	1881	2	nelly
newly	11	46	1020	2	newly
rally	8	47	2590	2	rally
rawly	11	51	1583	2	rawly
ready	9	48	2150	2	ready
real	4	57	5029	2	real_
really	9	33	1561	2	really
realm	7	56	2162	2	realm
reals	5	50	3865	2	reals
realty	9	27	1369	2	realty
rebuy	10	47	1468	2	rebuy
redry	9	43	1436	2	redry
reedy	9	100	2029	2	reedy
reefy	11	42	1770	2	reefy
reeky	12	54	1626	2	reeky
reel	4	52	4053	2	reel_
reels	5	53	3326	2	reels
ref	6	60	5329	2	ref__
refall	9	43	1439	2	refall
refed	9	39	2192	2	refed
refel	8	49	2081	2	refel
refell	9	42	1444	2	refell
refels	9	46	1805	2	refels
refelt	9	45	2142	2	refelt
refer	8	48	2214	2	refer
refile	9	51	2237	2	refile
refill	9	45	1405	2	refill
refilm	11	43	1140	2	refilm
refit	8	42	3006	2	refit
refix	15	52	1248	2	refix
reflag	10	9	808	2	reflag
reflet	9	40	2423	2	reflet
reflew	12	38	945	2	reflew
reflex	16	35	951	2	reflex
reflow	12	37	965	2	reflow
reflux	16	31	541	2	reflux
refold	10	38	1211	2	refold
refs	7	57	3224	2	ref_s
reft	7	51	4127	2	ref_t
reify	11	48	1497	2	reify
rekey	12	40	1473	2	rekey
relay	8	44	2467	2	relay
repay	10	48	1845	2	repay
replay	11	34	1292	2	replay
resay	8	53	2054	2	resay
retry	8	47	1808	2	retry
rifely	12	37	1003	2	rifely
rifle	8	55	1833	2	rifle
roily	8	61	2111	2	roily
ruffly	15	33	667	2	ruffly
ruly	7	63	2314	2	r_uly
seely	8	45	2263	2	seely
telly	8	49	2082	2	telly
trebly	11	3	897	2	trebly
vealy	11	58	1777	2	vealy
welly	11	46	2001	2	welly
wetly	11	45	1171	2	wetly

Search took 2 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	53800	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	83	1.483	36277.8
3	Display Results	83	83	0.016	5187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	83	1.812	98615.3