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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 “dourly” 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.

38 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
dourly10321043(None) 
doubly12328961doubly
hourly12369621hourly
sourly93612211sourly
burly104922832_burly
courtly1256922courtly
curly105321232_curly
dearly104615322dearly
doily95321032do_ily
dolly96125202do_lly
dooly94821802do_oly
dopily123510462dopily
dorky135518742do_rky
dormy115817472do_rmy
dorty96220812do_rty
dory85836232do_r_y
double94013992double
doucely1344882doucely
doughy14499842doughy
doula65717772dou_la
dour56330432dour__
doura66518662dour_a
dourah10479812dourah
douras75016722douras
dourer74215272dourer
dowry126312482dowr_y
doyly124514012do_yly
dozily19329102dozily
drumly1235702drumly
dully94921632d_ully
duly85323032d_u_ly
foully1239012foully
hurly115819292_hurly
knurly13405532knurly
loudly1037782loudly
loury85716752lour_y
poorly1137892poorly
surly85124432_surly

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551382.54632423.8
3Display Results38380.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691382.90661490.4
 
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