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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 “knolly” 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.

30 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
knolly1333613(None) 
knoll9389601knoll_
knolls10367411knolls
anally9513502anally
brolly114510852brolly
colly104926772_colly
coolly114811392coolly
dolly96125202_dolly
drolly105411672drolly
folly115022602_folly
golly95121102_golly
holly114824432_holly
jolly154517512_jolly
kelly124617022k_elly
knell94210922knell_
knells10439252knells
knobbly1842872knobbly
knobby1732712knobby
knolled12296572knolled
knoller11285912knoller
knotty13315222knotty
knurly13405532knurly
lolly85120662_lolly
molly105222492_molly
nelly84618812_nelly
nobly105314402_nobly
noily86120992_noily
trolly94012362trolly
wholly15366572wholly
woolly12408512woolly

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551302.44033832.4
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691302.80063818.2
 
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