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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 “alky” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

162 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
alky11592034(None) 
alkyd13537091alkyd
alkyl12518041alkyl
ally76935641ally
balky145418241balky
laky116725821laky
talky126215681talky
ably99725132ably
aby810238062a_by
achy126316092achy
aery77231682aery
agley96917332agley
agly86821802agly
ahoy101919182ahoy
airy75734152airy
al210674042al__
ala312463602al_a
alae45643752alae
alan46844082alan
alar46340072alar
alary86123442alary
alas46358122alas
alb57342652al_b
alba68328332alba
albs68628572albs
ale36572342al_e
alec66430062alec
alee46652322alee
alef76340692alef
ales47067102ales
alfa77624272alfa
alga57927602alga
alif76242142alif
alike95523962alike
alit46155692alit
aliya83713482aliya
alkie95520032alkie
alkoxy2033342alkoxy
alkyds14404362alkyds
alkyls13465722alkyls
alkyne13436862alkyne
all36148232al_l
allay85620392allay
alley85721672alley
alloy85519972alloy
alls46740922alls
allyl85310542allyl
alma66333022alma
alme65832162alme
alms65834922alms
aloe45540192aloe
alow75328592alow
alp56641132al_p
alps65529242alps
als36663022al_s
also46423442also
alt36467962al_t
alto47831262alto
alts46639902alts
alum65227612alum
alway116113922alway
ankh111114412ankh
any68440492a_ny
ark77044962ark_
arks85936872arks
army96624182army
arty77531312arty
ashy107717352ashy
ask77130702ask_
asks85721212asks
auk76234142auk_
auks85525262auks
away108024222away
awny105919302awny
awry107619682awry
ay511773892a__y
baldy115518932baldy
balk105132222balk_
balks114926292balks
bally105530102bally
balmy125217472balmy
barky145721612barky
baulky15446312baulky
bulky146215572bulky
caky136222442caky
calk105527662calk_
calks115421602calks
casky144512682casky
chalky18468772chalky
clay95927412clay
cloy96623832cloy
coky137526822coky
dally95324742dally
darky136018832darky
elk76726122elk_
elks85820032elks
elmy95616792elmy
flaky155715582flaky
flay106332802flay
fley106626852fley
fluky154512292fluky
fly97124952fl_y
folky159214712folky
gally95026172gally
gawky16569992gawky
gley85724652gley
hanky155418292hanky
hulky155312472hulky
icky136315752icky
ilk78325302ilk_
ilka87215152ilka
ilks87218572ilks
illy76925332illy
inky115321582inky
jacky215412342jacky
joky186215312joky
lacy95829632lacy
lady86527152lady
lake85741602lake
lakh114919952lakh
lanky125517482lanky
larky125218872larky
lay68865352_lay
lazy166423072lazy
ley66246812_ley
malmy124816342malmy
malty106721702malty
milky144014442milky
narky126017802narky
oaky116419952oaky
oldy85316842oldy
pally105727122pally
palmy126016732palmy
palsy105417462palsy
paly95835532pal_y
pawky173810152pawky
play95928982play
ploy96123602ploy
ply86323552pl_y
poky135922152poky
rally84725902rally
sally85129712sally
salty85524382salty
sarky125521782sarky
silky125315822silky
sky106420992_sky
slay76436382slay
sly66228562sl_y
stalky13499302stalky
sulky124715362sulky
tacky145617442tacky
talcky15294722talcky
talk86230092talk_
talks94322692talks
tally84526862tally
valkyr1632402valkyr
wacky174714932wacky
walk115625612walk_
walks126218502walks
wally114625092wally
waly105830902wal_y
yolky15529522yolky

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit298721620.92332364.0
3Display Results1621620.0305400.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911621.233144923.8
 
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