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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 “goalies” 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
goalies831602(None) 
goalie7413161goalie_
bialies93618412bialies
coalier93416182coalier
coaliest10316222coaliest
colies84837052co_lies
collies94326582collies
coolies93824962coolies
doilies84017362doilies
dollies83620982dollies
doolies83920712doolies
doylies114512572doylies
follies103618942follies
gabies93820732g_abies
gales65442482g_al_es
gallies84122712gallies
ghazies2036912ghazies
ghoulies1235392ghoulies
gillies84120962gillies
girlies83013702girlies
goaled85014362goal_ed
goaling93515332goaling
goalless935722goalless
goals65521292goal__s
goatees82710442goatees
gobies95418062go_bies
goblins1039242goblins
godlier938892godlier
godliest1039452godliest
goodies93516992goodies
googlies1086762googlies
goonies83618332goonies
gravies11314092gravies
gullies84717312gullies
hoagies112811992hoagies
holies94630032ho_lies
hollies103420812hollies
jollies143516272jollies
lollies73116922lollies
mealies92821932mealies
molies84429512mo_lies
mollies93420232mollies
polies84034582po_lies
roadies83317442roadies
toadies82914862toadies
walies95324522_walies
woolies104117362woolies

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671473.36032044.9
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691473.76647448.5
 
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