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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 “hollies” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

107 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
hollies10342081(None) 
collies94326581collies
dollies83620981dollies
follies103618941follies
holies94630031ho_lies
holloes103818191holloes
jollies143516271jollies
lollies73116921lollies
mollies93420231mollies
allies63827672_allies
ballies93725742ballies
bellies94023722bellies
billies93923502billies
bollixes1747202bollixes
brollies1039532brollies
bullies94121892bullies
challies133915642challies
chillies134113482chillies
colies84837052co_lies
collides113214472collides
collie83621992collie_
collied103316672collied
collier93618152collier
colliers103613582colliers
collins93419832collins
coolies93824962coolies
cullies94419962cullies
dallies84023192dallies
dellies83622212dellies
dhoolies1246962dhoolies
dillies84122162dillies
doilies84017362doilies
dollied93811142dollied
doolies83920712doolies
doylies114512572doylies
fellies104119742fellies
fillies103420252fillies
folkies143612252folkies
folles93820472foll_es
follis93113902folli_s
gallies84122712gallies
ghillies12408662ghillies
ghoulies1235392ghoulies
gillies84120962gillies
goalies8316022goalies
gullies84717312gullies
halloes104021522halloes
helloes103717462helloes
hillier103413962hillier
hilliest113914112hilliest
hilloes103815962hilloes
hoagies112811992hoagies
hobbies143813342hobbies
hogties112813992hogties
holes84748652ho_l_es
holier94921622ho_lier
holiest104319622ho_liest
hollaed11359852hollaed
hollas94616902holl_as
holler93520612holl_er
hollers103818232hollers
holloas103814942holloas
holloed113812752holloed
holloos104013582holloos
hollos95320632holl_os
hollows134412332hollows
homies114524722ho_mies
homilies132710112homilies
hongies112716472hongies
honkies143015142honkies
hoodies113419832hoodies
hookies144017442hookies
hoolie93217782hoolie_
hoplites13310542hoplites
hotlines11811642hotlines
hotties103016962hotties
hourlies1138342hourlies
howdies142911952howdies
hoyles12315012hoyl_es
hulloes104113922hulloes
hurlies103315332hurlies
jellies143816532jellies
jollied15349272jollied
jollier142911002jollier
jolliers15357432jolliers
jolliest152910362jolliest
kellies113516852kellies
killies113318112killies
molies84429512mo_lies
mollie83517102mollie_
nellies73418722nellies
oldies7314422_oldies
polies84034582po_lies
pollees93215332pollees
pollices12410752pollices
rallies73823342rallies
sallies73227812sallies
sillies73425082sillies
sullies74122232sullies
tallies73624602tallies
tellies73820502tellies
trollies8310232trollies
wallies103320742wallies
wellies103719072wellies
willies103920152willies
woolies104117362woolies
woollies1147412woollies

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 Filter1786911076710.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit1076711073.14334257.4
3Display Results1071070.0462326.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911073.54550406.5
 
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