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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 “ghostly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

118 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
ghostly1435510(None) 
ghastly14354561ghastly
ghosty13467211ghost_y
hostly124210861_hostly
costly114012332_costly
ghost96318762ghost__
ghosted1236272ghosted
ghosts10489272ghost_s
gristly11187332gristly
grossly1175982grossly
hotly115815482_ho_tly
mostly113110942_mostly
shortly13387572shortly
thistly1395962thistly
apostle937853apostle
beastly1277563beastly
bristly12178063bristly
chastely1635813chastely
chestily1645523chestily
chesty144610503chest_y
chortle124210443chortle
closely1237053closely
cosily113613853_cosily
crossly1277273crossly
dhooly13457143dho_oly
erosely1038083erosely
firstly1335643firstly
frostily1436693frostily
frosty124710633frost_y
gassily1137813gassily
gauntly1135333gauntly
gently103710913g_ently
ghast95621223ghast__
ghostier1235383ghostier
ghosting1336463ghosting
ghostlier1343343ghostlier
ghostlike1743353ghostlike
ghoul959053gho_ul_
ghouls1036043gho_uls
glossily1235093glossily
glossy10549003glos_sy
glost65422933glost__
glosts74513813glost_s
glowfly1742673glowfly
gnostic1038433gnostic
godly104913293g_o_dly
goggly12337053g_oggly
golly95121103g_o_lly
goodly11419303g_oodly
goofily14105353goofily
googly11417883g_oogly
goosey105913513goos_ey
goosy96018883goos__y
gorily10612503g_orily
goutily1137933g_outily
gouty95217363g_out_y
greatly1137613greatly
grisly104310583gris_ly
gristle8169223gristle
groszy19395703gros_zy
grotty10389833gro_tty
grouty104710983grout_y
growly13499173gro_wly
growthy1773283growthy
gustily113010903g_ustily
gusty95119573g_ust_y
gutsily11267223gutsily
hastily133010663_hastily
hasty115718763_hast_y
hokily16409093_hokily
holily123612953_holily
holly114824433_ho_lly
holy106333433_ho__ly
homely145313183_homely
homily144712333_homily
honestly14355933_honestly
hooly115022223_ho_oly
hooty115022443_hoot_y
horsily1338843_horsily
hosel86024823_hosel_
hosels94218613_hosels
hosey116127023_hos_ey
host77852833_host__
hosta85917833_host_a
hostas94515833_hostas
hosted105020343_hosted
hostel93914153_hostel
hostelry1443913_hostelry
hostels103712323_hostels
hostile10312553_hostile
hostler103411023_hostler
hosts85526703_host_s
hourly12369623_hourly
hustle93113993_hustle
jostle13319863_jostle
justly16307253_justly
lastly93310873_lastly
loosely1036723loosely
moistly1236613moistly
nosily93712683_nosily
phonily1537103phonily
portly114713403_portly
poshly1437723_poshly
prosily12611633prosily
rosily93914713_rosily
shoaly124010773sho_aly
shoofly1634353shoofly
shorty124313203short_y
showily1636223showily
softly12457763_softly
stoutly1035833stoutly
thistle10107803thistle
throstle1175703throstle
thusly1235133thus_ly
vastly12508723_vastly
whistle13107533whistle
wholly15366573who_lly
whortle13335943whortle

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit1340271186.64020184.8
3Display Results1181180.0303933.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911187.07625253.1
 
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