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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 “shelly” 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.

68 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
shelly12441447(None) 
shell84424121shell_
shells94319521shells
shelty124011551shelty
shelvy15377861shelvy
smelly114110361smelly
belly104625492_belly
chally144314292chally
chilly144113222chilly
delly96023872_delly
felly114922802_felly
hell75637892_hell_
hello86522982_hello
hells85032042_hells
hilly114422162_hilly
holly114824432_holly
jelly154218252_jelly
kelly124617022_kelly
nelly84618812_nelly
sally85129712s_ally
seely84522632s_eely
seemly1138432seemly
sell45840612s_ell_
selle54428312s_elle
sells55134432s_ells
shaley123714992shaley
shall85024052shall_
shaly114322862sh_aly
sheal84927702sheal_
sheals94420642sheals
sheeny124912192sheeny
sheerly13337702sheerly
sheila969842sheila
shelf115221112she_lf
shellac1236692shellac
shelled113815082shelled
sheller103515882sheller
shelta93111792shelta
shelve124012762shelve
sheol84318372sheol_
sheols94614162sheols
sherry124510412sherry
shill85325332shill_
shills94519612shills
shily115222012sh_ily
shoaly124010772shoaly
shrilly13318562shrilly
shyly144811572sh_yly
silly84527622s_illy
skell94915832skell_
skells105013782skells
smell74916232smell_
smells83914742smells
snell54517302snell_
snells64614202snells
solely93714212solely
spell75020302spell_
spells84617682spells
steely93612572steely
stella63612972stella
stilly93714092stilly
sully84622902s_ully
swell84815982swell_
swells93913982swells
telly84920822_telly
welly114620012_welly
whelky19314972whelky
wholly15366572wholly

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551682.48333246.5
3Display Results68680.0164250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691682.84262875.1
 
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