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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 “apply” 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.

42 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
apply12511139(None) 
amply125012911amply
apple94517671apple
aptly105111811aptly
ably99725132a_bly
agly86821802a_gly
ally76935642a_lly
ample94720302ample
apery106517902apery
app76827602app__
appal95315222appal
appall10379742appall
appals104812942appals
appel94615892appel
appels104312792appels
apples104315762apples
applet105917432applet
apps86319692app_s
damply14337892damply
dapple1138852dapple
gappy136212032gapp_y
haply135915062haply
happily1745762happily
happy155813532happ_y
hiply134113612hiply
imply124911842imply
nappy126312332napp_y
pally105727122pally
paly95835532_paly
pappy114713802pappy
patly105020582patly
pily96132732_pily
ply86323552__ply
poly96235152_poly
raptly11338912raptly
reapply1434322reapply
reply104015852reply
ripply13348002ripply
sappily1437162sappily
sappy125413472sapp_y
supply1346892supply
zappy21548942zapp_y

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 Filter178691538000.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit53800421.64032804.9
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691421.98689975.3
 
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