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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 “foolery” 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.

30 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
foolery133669(None) 
bootery1238982bootery
cookery164210392cookery
cooler84824712cooler_
coolers93522492coolers
coopery143910272coopery
flowery16327782flowery
foley115222302f_ole_y
fooled104317822foole_d
footer94320772footer_
footers104618332footers
footler104011872footler_
footlers113910792footlers
foozler19397592foozler_
foozlers20346072foozlers
foppery17385622foppery
forgery14419302forgery
fouler93614902fouler_
fowler123712582fowler_
fowlers133411202fowlers
fullery13337972fullery
mooley11311632moole_y
pooler83819842pooler_
poolers94217422poolers
rookery14398312rookery
tooler63818612tooler_
toolers74416502toolers
volery1237872_volery
wooler93615872wooler_
woolers104214022woolers

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671303.29632667.2
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.68848452.0
 
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