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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 “freely” 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.

47 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
freely1231096(None) 
breezy20295852breezy
creel75121482creel_
creels84416942creels
creepy13418802creepy
eely77725212__eely
feebly1436652feebly
feel75233842f_eel_
feels85223042f_eels
felly114922802f_elly
ferly115517352f_erly
feyly14429512f_eyly
finely123011562finely
firefly1635632firefly
fleecy14266482fleecy
fleetly1336322fleetly
freaky16439232freaky
freckly19124592freckly
free75940182free__
freed95223542free_d
freer86021242free_r
freers94717302freers
frees86131392free_s
freest95318282freest
freeway1635602freeway
freeze18349512freeze
frenzy2135882frenzy
freshly16286832freshly
fretty1249222fretty
frilly124111442frilly
greedy11518852greedy
greenly11408192greenly
greeny104811452greeny
greyly13316542greyly
merely111312592merely
redly94217202_redly
reedy910020292_reedy
reefy114217702_reefy
reeky125416262_reeky
reel45240532_reel_
reels55333262_reels
refly113914562_refly
rely75428952_r_ely
reply104015852_reply
seely84522632_seely
steely93612572steely
trebly1138972trebly

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.670266703.0
2DLD Change Limit82551474.94016710.7
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691475.62331778.6
 
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