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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 “smiley” 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.

44 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
smiley11401230(None) 
smile74823921smile_
smiled93716431smiled
smiler83916681smiler
smiles84522291smiles
smileys12336321smileys
bailey115015672bailey
mile66352582_mile_
miler75733062_miler
miles74645072_miles
milky144014442_milky
milty104720072_milty
muley104819282_muley
riley84420582_riley
sailed74327762sailed
sailer63526102sailer
shaley123714992shaley
shily115222012shil_y
silex123417412s_ilex
silky125315822s_ilky
silly84527622s_illy
silty84721632s_ilty
simile83115632simile_
similes92915232similes
skiey125012902ski_ey
slily85820032slil_y
smelly114110362smelly
smilax1535392smilax
smilers94113852smilers
smirky15406942smirky
smite75224872smite_
smiter83616412smiter
smites83921922smites
smithy14508272smithy
smokey15398652smokey
soiled73822472soiled
spicey134414232spicey
spikey155411332spikey
spile75230082spile_
spiled94621992spiled
spiles84227912spiles
stile54931572stile_
stiles64328772stiles
stilly93714092stilly

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.500357382.0
2DLD Change Limit82551444.33019064.9
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691444.84636873.9
 
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