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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 “golly” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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140 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
golly9512110(None) 
colly104926771colly
dolly96125201dolly
folly115022601folly
gally95026171gally
gilly94321631gilly
godly104913291godly
gully94020681gully
holly114824431holly
jolly154517511jolly
lolly85120661lolly
molly105222491molly
ally76935642_ally
bally105530102bally
belly104625492belly
billy105525362billy
boldly12399422boldly
boll65634752boll_
bolls75531312bolls
brolly114510852brolly
bully105124812bully
coaly105521592coaly
colby124415062colby
coldly12459952coldly
coly96940532co_ly
coolly114811392coolly
cooly105525422cooly
coyly135614892coyly
cully105520462cully
dally95324742dally
delly96023872delly
dilly94923782dilly
doily95321032doily
doll56632492doll_
dolls66126922dolls
dooly94821802dooly
doyly124514012doyly
drolly105411672drolly
dully94921632dully
felly114922802felly
filly114424902filly
foley115222302foley
folky159214712folky
foully1239012foully
fully114820862fully
gaily95020972gaily
gall56335992gall_
galley104215452galley
galls64729322galls
gayly124513092gayly
gill56336182gill_
gills64728192gills
girly94415292girly
gley85724652g_ley
glory96413292glory
goal55829302goal_
goals65521292goals
goby106021082go_by
godlily1235342godlily
goggly12337052goggly
gold65430162go_ld
golds75421312golds
golem8416112golem
golf85731182go_lf
golfs95616102golfs
goodly11419302goodly
goody105620392goody
gooey95522862gooey
goofy124915622goofy
googly11417882googly
gooky135818032gooky
goony95519782goony
goopy115816622goopy
goosy96018882goosy
gorily10612502gorily
gorsy95915782gorsy
gory86129662go_ry
gouty95217362gouty
goy77844552go__y
growly13499172growly
gulfy124612002gulfy
gull54828452gull_
gulley104213162gulley
gulls65222982gulls
gulpy114612762gulpy
hilly114422162hilly
holey115626902holey
holily123612952holily
holla84918492holla
hollo84822162hollo
holy106333432ho_ly
hooly115022222hooly
hotly115815482hotly
illy76925332_illy
jelly154218252jelly
jolty155713032jolty
jowly186410902jowly
kelly124617022kelly
knolly13336132knolly
loll46128382loll_
lolls512121732lolls
lowly114113332lowly
moldy115014652moldy
moll66735702moll_
molls75129782molls
moly96031912mo_ly
nelly84618812nelly
nobly105314402nobly
noily86120992noily
oily77932252_oily
oldy85316842_oldy
olla44821172_olla
only75319722_only
pally105727122pally
poll66332132poll_
polls74627722polls
poly96235152po_ly
rally84725902rally
roily86121112roily
roll46331652roll_
rolls55326232rolls
sally85129712sally
silly84527622silly
solely93714212solely
sonly85718052sonly
sully84622902sully
tally84526862tally
telly84920822telly
toll45535262toll_
tolls54728432tolls
tolyl84710092tolyl
trolly94012362trolly
volley12419742volley
wally114625092wally
welly114620012welly
wholly15366572wholly
willy115321912willy
woolly12408512woolly
wooly114417672wooly
yolky15529522yolky

Search took 5 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 Filter178691538000.610292936.1
2DLD Change Limit538001403.36016011.9
3Display Results1401400.0602333.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911404.03044340.2
 
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