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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 “willies” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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84 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
willies10392015(None) 
billies93923501billies
dillies84122161dillies
fillies103420251fillies
gillies84120961gillies
killies113318111killies
sillies73425081sillies
wallies103320741wallies
wellies103719071wellies
willie94116451willie_
willied114611561willied
allies63827672_allies
ballies93725742ballies
bellies94023722bellies
bialies93618412bialies
bilbies114712342bilbies
billie85019172billie_
bullies94121892bullies
chillies134113482chillies
collies94326582collies
cullies94419962cullies
dallies84023192dallies
dellies83622212dellies
dollies83620982dollies
fellies104119742fellies
filles94224522fill_es
fillips12298132fillips
follies103618942follies
gallies84122712gallies
ghillies12408662ghillies
gillie74816942gillie_
gillied95512312gillied
girlies83013702girlies
gullies84717312gullies
hillier103413962hillier
hilliest113914112hilliest
hilloes103815962hilloes
hollies103420812hollies
illites72415012_illites
jellies143816532jellies
jollies143516272jollies
kellies113516852kellies
killie104114892killie_
kilties113014142kilties
lilies63021412li_lies
lollies73116922lollies
milles84526562mill_es
millier93716702millier
milliers102611902milliers
millimes122411372millimes
millines102718062millines
mislies92922282mislies
mollies93420232mollies
nellies73418722nellies
rallies73823342rallies
rilles64725502rill_es
sallies73227812sallies
silkies113715692silkies
sillier74017592sillier
silliest84017102silliest
sullies74122232sullies
tallies73624602tallies
tellies73820502tellies
tillites8312832tillites
walies95324522w_alies
wallie93216802wallie_
wellie92814912wellie_
whirlies14167372whirlies
widdies123514032widdies
wienies102213682wienies
wiles85437872wi_l_es
wilier93217072wi_lier
wiliest103416592wi_liest
willed104722452will_ed
willer94021062will_er
willers103517912willers
willet95124832will_et
willets104414322willets
willing113821612willing
willows13299752willows
wills84528962will__s
withies133913542withies
woolies104117362woolies
woollies1147412woollies

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671843.00035890.3
3Display Results84840.0332545.5
 (SQL Overall)178691843.42352203.0
 
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