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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 “pulley” 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.

82 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
pulley11371340(None) 
gulley104213161gulley
mulley114013451mulley
pulled94322191pulled
puller83820811puller
pullet84026331pullet
pulleys12399141pulleys
pusley11379611pusley
alley85721672_alley
bulled94626492bulled
bullet84528612bullet
bully105124812bull_y
burley114715752burley
cullay113910172cullay
culled94022472culled
culler84322252culler
cullet84727312cullet
cully105520462cull_y
dulled84719422dulled
duller74017702duller
dully94921632dull_y
fulled103820652fulled
fuller94220382fuller
fullery13337972fullery
fully114820862full_y
galley104215452galley
gulled84521372gulled
gullet74924832gullet
gulleys11438522gulleys
gully94020682gull_y
hulled103920012hulled
huller93919102huller
hurley125012522hurley
lulled74516442lulled
luller63415482luller
muley104819282mu_ley
mulled94721552mulled
mullen83714762mullen
muller83820352muller
mullet84126822mullet
mulleys12299202mulleys
nulled74318272nulled
palely11311932palely
palled94625162palled
pallet84232652pallet
pally105727122pall_y
parley116718362parley
pellet83326552pellet
pilled94222752pilled
polled94022002polled
pollee83623272pollee
pollen83416452pollen
poller83921852poller
pollex153711162pollex
pule65040952pu_le_
puled84926522pu_led
puler74826622pu_ler
pules74538812pu_les
pull64731662pull__
pullers93618482pullers
pullets94015162pullets
pulls74425052pull_s
pullup1045892pullup
pulped114612532pulped
pulper103513272pulper
pulpy124612362pu_lpy
pulse74219972pulse_
pulsed94013722pulsed
pulser84215192pulser
pulses83818662pulses
punkey154011172punkey
purely114013632purely
purled94520752purled
purvey14559572purvey
pusleys12286232pusleys
pussley12375122pussley
sullen62914292sullen
sully84622902sull_y
tulle54019932tulle_
tulles63218892tulles
valley124311602valley
volley12419742volley

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 Limit82551822.56332208.7
3Display Results82820.0165125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691822.92261153.7
 
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