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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 “sallying” 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.

47 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
sallying1230985(None) 
allying113011661_allying
dallying13368491dallying
gallying13328931gallying
rallying12289011rallying
sullying12328511sullying
tallying12318831tallying
allaying12339302_allaying
alloying12339142_alloying
balling104424762ball_ing
bellying14359072bellying
bullying14329292bullying
calling103826772call_ing
collying14319542collying
cullying14297502cullying
dollying13407412dollying
falling113621582fall_ing
galling93921962gall_ing
gillying13306812gillying
gullying13367242gullying
halloing121510072halloing
jellying19306172jellying
jollying19316052jollying
lalling83519622lall_ing
malling103623662mall_ing
misallying1644312misallying
palling104024482pall_ing
palsying1436232palsying
rallyings13313632rallyings
sailing83927372sail_ing
salarying1336072salarying
salifying1636332salifying
sallowing1357382sallowing
salting84120792sa_lting
saluting9310552saluting
salving113913152sa_lving
salvoing1236422salvoing
sapling103217862sapl_ing
savvying1862722savvying
saying104325542sa__ying
selling83225832sell_ing
slaying113316842s_laying
spalling113213462spall_ing
splaying14219302splaying
stalling95116702stall_ing
walling113520972wall_ing
willying15306712willying

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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059473.51334460.3
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691473.90545759.5
 
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