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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search fordayfly” 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.

20 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
dayfly163381(None) 
mayfly1734401mayfly
barfly14339652barfly
daffily1735132daffily
daffy155510282da_ffy
daftly1335442daftly
daily95922332da_ily
dally95324742da_lly
damply14337892damply
dangly114212262dangly
dankly14419462dankly
darkly145411072darkly
daylily1434982daylily
deafly13389122deafly
doyly124514012doy_ly
dryly12538452dry_ly
gadfly1434662gadfly
gayly124513092gay_ly
sawfly1535132sawfly
waffly18305432waffly

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit82551205.31315537.5
3Display Results20200.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691205.73631152.5