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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 “delly” 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.

159 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
delly9602387(None) 
belly104625491belly
dally95324741dally
delay94820631delay
dell56938201dell_
dells66630941dells
dilly94923781dilly
dolly96125201dolly
dully94921631dully
felly114922801felly
jelly154218251jelly
kelly124617021kelly
nelly84618811nelly
telly84920821telly
welly114620011welly
ally76935642_ally
bally105530102bally
belay105021522belay
bell66237182bell_
belle75827832belle
bells76432162bells
billy105525362billy
bully105124812bully
cell65031722cell_
cella75420312cella
celli76717692celli
cello74919582cello
cells75428062cells
colly104926772colly
cully105520462cully
daily95922332daily
deadly113811472deadly
deafly13389122deafly
deal56347412deal_
deals65435342deals
dealt65234282dealt
dearly104615322dearly
deary95826842deary
decay114718482decay
decoy115716312decoy
decry115514352decry
deedy104315892deedy
deeply1257012deeply
deftly1336532deftly
defy114921262de_fy
deify124112762deify
deil56231622deil_
deils65722862deils
deity94316772deity
del46752752de_l_
delays104014052delays
dele56843082de_le
deled75326542deled
deles65139252deles
delf85436572de_lf
delfs94918672delfs
delft95623322delft
deli55631292de_li
delis64928542delis
dels56745472de_ls
delt57855272de_lt
delta66117772delta
delts65731792delts
delve96018262delve
demy105422852de_my
deny86027122de_ny
deoxy1648882deoxy
deploy1237582deploy
deray95024182deray
derby114715342derby
derry94721372derry
dewily1338342dewily
dewy115419022de_wy
dexy156118552de_xy
dey77243372de__y
dill55239972dill_
dills65530972dills
dimly114913482dimly
doily95321032doily
doll56632492doll_
dolls66126922dolls
dooly94821802dooly
doyly124514012doyly
drily95816522drily
drolly105411672drolly
dryly12538452dryly
dually103210062dually
duelli767002duelli
duello756782duello
dull56430442dull_
dulls64523742dulls
duly85323032d_uly
dwell9519852dwell_
dwells10417712dwells
eely77725212_eely
ell36735682_ell_
ells46431352_ells
elmy95616792_elmy
fell76833072fell_
fella84918652fella
fells85327382fells
ferly115517352ferly
feyly14429512feyly
filly114424902filly
folly115022602folly
fully114820862fully
gally95026172gally
gilly94321632gilly
golly95121102golly
gully94020682gully
hell75637892hell_
hello86522982hello
hells85032042hells
hilly114422162hilly
holly114824432holly
ideally1137792ideally
illy76925332_illy
jell117125872jell_
jello126716272jello
jells125522162jells
jolly154517512jolly
kelpy145110682kelpy
leally94012612leally
lolly85120662lolly
mealy104422182mealy
mell64935612mell_
mells75031332mells
melty104918362melty
molly105222492molly
newly114610202newly
pally105727122pally
rally84725902rally
really93315612really
redly94217202redly
refly113914562refly
relay84424672relay
rely75428952re_ly
reply104015852reply
sally85129712sally
seely84522632seely
sell45840612sell_
selle54428312selle
sells55134432sells
shelly124414472shelly
silly84527622silly
smelly114110362smelly
sully84622902sully
tally84526862tally
tell44934702tell_
tells55828942tells
tellys9348842tellys
vealy115817772vealy
wally114625092wally
well75832042well_
wells85426192wells
wetly114511712wetly
willy115321912willy
yell76028322yell_
yells85821942yells

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001591.37339184.3
3Display Results1591590.0463456.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911591.732103170.3
 
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