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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 “hourly” 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.

37 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
hourly1236962(None) 
dourly103210431dourly
hurly115819291h_urly
sourly93612211sourly
bihourly1663062bihourly
burly104922832_burly
courtly1256922courtly
curly105321232_curly
doubly12328962doubly
foully1239012foully
hoarily1338972hoarily
hoary114516762hoar_y
hokily16409092hokily
holily123612952holily
holly114824432ho_lly
holy106333432ho__ly
homely145313172homely
homily144712332homily
hooly115022222ho_oly
hooray123011372hooray
horny115619622ho_rny
horsy116318392ho_rsy
hostly124210862hostly
hotly115815482ho_tly
hour75827312hour__
houri85915252hour_i
houris94514582houris
hours85422392hour_s
hurl76029932h_url_
hurley125012522h_urley
hurls86522712h_urls
hurry114917182h_urry
knurly13405532knurly
loudly1037782loudly
loury85716752lour_y
poorly1137892poorly
surly85124432_surly

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551372.20337472.1
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691372.56269746.7
 
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