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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 “ferly” 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.

123 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
ferly11551735(None) 
felly114922801felly
ferny115816181ferny
ferry116020801ferry
feyly14429511feyly
aerily93017012aerily
aery77231682aer_y
belly104625492belly
berry104521772berry
beryl101211672beryl
burly104922832burly
curly105321232curly
dearly104615322dearly
delly96023872delly
deray95024182deray
derby114715342derby
derry94721372derry
early85324122early
eely77725212_eely
eerily92913562eerily
eery76129622eer_y
faery116015482faer_y
fairly125610012fairly
farcy135217092farcy
farl76338552farl_
farle86929242farle
farls85731112farls
fatly115716802fatly
feal713940422feal_
fealty122910222fealty
featly123711752featly
feckly18335962feckly
feebly1436652feebly
feel75233842feel_
feels85223042feels
fell76833072fe_ll
fella84918652fella
fells85327382fells
felt75146932fe_lt
fenny115115132fenny
fer66646122fer__
feral85424652feral
ferals94216642ferals
fere76342232fer_e
feres86038182feres
feria85922712feria
ferity122813342ferity
ferlie92814052ferlie
fermi103914162fermi
fern76129322fer_n
ferns85220082ferns
ferula93011172ferula
ferule93413202ferule
fey95940882fe__y
fezzy199811452fezzy
fierily1339022fierily
fiery114714792fier_y
filly114424902filly
firmly1436662firmly
firry115713532firry
fitly115114972fitly
fly97124952f__ly
folly115022602folly
foray115023972foray
forby135317672forby
forky156119642forky
forty114824272forty
fray105428902f_ray
freely12310962freely
fry96226502f_r_y
fully114820862fully
furl77030882furl_
furls85322052furls
furry116719282furry
fury107727972fur_y
furzy2010116062furzy
germy115113662germy
girly94415292girly
herby134715312herby
herl75834552herl_
herls85226432herls
herry114922472herry
hurly115819292hurly
jelly154218252jelly
jerky196712422jerky
jerry155016182jerry
kelly124617022kelly
kerry124916092kerry
marly106925612marly
mealy104422182mealy
mercy125916182mercy
merely111312592merely
merl65830972merl_
merle75824372merle
merls77423902merls
merry104721492merry
nearly94813732nearly
nelly84618812nelly
nerdy95014702nerdy
nervy114610862nervy
newly114610202newly
overly122411362overly
pearly116414842pearly
perdy115417332perdy
perky145319482perky
perry105222712perry
pertly115312552pertly
redly94217202redly
refly113914562refly
rely75428952re_ly
reply104015852reply
seely84522632seely
serry84824122serry
surly85124432surly
telly84920822telly
termly1138432termly
terry84721872terry
vealy115817772vealy
verily122616052verily
very108025642ver_y
welly114620012welly
wetly114511712wetly
yearly125210272yearly

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 Filter178691538000.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit538001231.67332157.8
3Display Results1231230.0304100.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911232.02988068.5
 
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