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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 “sallowy” 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.

32 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
sallowy1336934(None) 
sallow94315751sallow_
sallowly14344831sallowly
sallows103915551sallows
tallowy13347631tallowy
allow85420662_allow_
allows94517682_allows
alloy85519972_allo_y
billowy15366902billowy
callow114714662callow_
fallow124713852fallow_
fallows133713972fallows
gallows113513512gallows
hallow124818322hallow_
hallows134417392hallows
mallow114014742mallow_
mallows123714322mallows
pillowy15316422pillowy
sallowed12149032sallowed
sallower11139502sallower
sally85129712sall__y
shallow13388872shallow_
shallowly1842612shallowly
shallows14388862shallows
swallow13355752swallow_
swallows14295892swallows
tallow93714202tallow_
tallows103313742tallows
wallow123913512wallow_
wallows133613532wallows
willowy16276352willowy
yellowy16255692yellowy

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671323.23633272.9
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691323.60949512.6
 
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