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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 “uglies” 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.

46 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
uglies741232(None) 
uglier748951uglier
ugliest8410151ugliest
aggies83515512aggies
allies63827672allies
belies84631052belies
buggies114613812buggies
bugles94822442bugl_es
bullies94121892bullies
colies84837052colies
cullies94419962cullies
flies85630712_flies
fugles104715782fugl_es
gies55641422_g_ies
glees65027592_glees
glias64618492_glias
glides84518862_glides
glimes94717522_glimes
glims87417672_glims
glues65125682_glues
guiles73919282guiles
gules64831042gul_es
gullies84717312gullies
holies94630032holies
hurlies103315332hurlies
lies46454192__lies
lilies63021412lilies
luggies93011212luggies
molies84429512molies
muhlies1238932muhlies
ogles65223182ogl_es
outlies72421992outlies
plies74526512_plies
polies84034582polies
relies65036422relies
rugbies10339352rugbies
sullies74122232sullies
uglifies1246382uglifies
uglify1333912uglify
uglily1036192uglily
ugliness936862ugliness
undies73821962undies
unglues836992unglues
unlives102010952unlives
unties64326922unties
walies95324522walies

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 Filter178691825510.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit82551462.61031628.7
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691462.98259923.2
 
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