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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 “foully” 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.

40 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
foully123901(None) 
folly115022601fo_lly
fully114820861f_ully
boulle84614612boulle
bully105124812_bully
colly104926772co_lly
coolly114811392coolly
cully105520462_cully
dolly96125202do_lly
doubly12328962doubly
dourly103210432dourly
dully94921632_dully
faulty12429362faulty
felly114922802f_elly
filly114424902f_illy
focally15188552focally
foley115222302fo_ley
folky159214712fo_lky
fondly13299042fondly
foul77027582fou_l_
fouled104315972fouled
fouler93614902fouler
fouls87221432fou_ls
foxily1947252foxily
frilly124111442frilly
full75229152f_ull_
fulls84623522f_ulls
golly95121102go_lly
gully94020682_gully
holly114824432ho_lly
hourly12369622hourly
jolly154517512jo_lly
lolly85120662lo_lly
loudly1037782loudly
molly105222492mo_lly
mouldy12437412mouldy
sourly93612212sourly
sully84622902_sully
wofully1644522wofully
woolly12408512woolly

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551402.28036206.6
3Display Results40400.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691402.61068464.0
 
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