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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 “holly” 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.

167 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
holly11482443(None) 
colly104926771colly
dolly96125201dolly
folly115022601folly
golly95121101golly
hilly114422161hilly
holey115626901holey
holily123612951holily
holla84918491holla
hollo84822161hollo
holy106333431ho_ly
hooly115022221hooly
hotly115815481hotly
jolly154517511jolly
lolly85120661lolly
molly105222491molly
wholly15366571wholly
ally76935642_ally
bally105530102bally
belly104625492belly
billy105525362billy
boldly12399422boldly
boll65634752boll_
bolls75531312bolls
brolly114510852brolly
bully105124812bully
chally144314292chally
chilly144113222chilly
cholla113911022cholla
coaly105521592coaly
colby124415062colby
coldly12459952coldly
coly96940532co_ly
coolly114811392coolly
cooly105525422cooly
coyly135614892coyly
cully105520462cully
dally95324742dally
delly96023872delly
dhooly13457142dhooly
dilly94923782dilly
doily95321032doily
doll56632492doll_
dolls66126922dolls
dooly94821802dooly
doyly124514012doyly
drolly105411672drolly
dully94921632dully
felly114922802felly
filly114424902filly
foley115222302foley
folky159214712folky
foully1239012foully
fully114820862fully
gally95026172gally
gilly94321632gilly
godly104913292godly
gully94020682gully
hall75741162hall_
hallo85127552hallo
halls85633782halls
haply135915062haply
hell75637892hell_
hello86522982hello
hells85032042hells
hill76439492hill_
hillo84721652hillo
hills85431352hills
hiply134113612hiply
hoagy124710472hoagy
hoary114516762hoary
hobby155913732hobby
hokey155422182hokey
hokily16409092hokily
hold86235062ho_ld
holds94623242holds
hole77553392ho_le
holed95634132holed
holes84748652holes
holk116027942ho_lk
holks124720562holks
hollas94616902hollas
holler93520612holler
holloa94914822holloa
holloo94415252holloo
hollos95320632hollos
hollow124212662hollow
holm95628112ho_lm
holms105117802holms
holp95727552ho_lp
hols76946292ho_ls
holt77852582ho_lt
holts85627912holts
homely145313172homely
homey135924842homey
homily144712332homily
homy126623222ho_my
honey115629912honey
honky156218522honky
hoody124919722hoody
hooey114926602hooey
hooky155220262hooky
hooty115022442hooty
hoppy154912352hoppy
horny115619622horny
horsy116318392horsy
hosey116127022hosey
hostly124210862hostly
hourly12369622hourly
howdy155711412howdy
howl107625692howl_
howls116219222howls
hoy97447912ho__y
hoyle11314412hoyle
hulky155312472hulky
hull75428782hull_
hullo84417452hullo
hulls84923562hulls
hurly115819292hurly
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
shelly124414472shelly
shoaly124010772shoaly
silly84527622silly
solely93714212solely
sonly85718052sonly
sully84622902sully
tally84526862tally
telly84920822telly
toll45535262toll_
tolls54728432tolls
tolyl84710092tolyl
trolly94012362trolly
volley12419742volley
wally114625092wally
welly114620012welly
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 Limit538001673.46615522.2
3Display Results1671670.0961739.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911674.17242831.0
 
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