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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 “shoaly” 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.

46 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
shoaly12401077(None) 
shaly114322861sh_aly
shoal83920271shoal_
shoals94215791shoals
coaly105521592_coaly
dhooly13457142dhooly
hoagy124710472_hoagy
hoary114516762_hoary
holly114824432_holly
holy106333432_ho_ly
hooly115022222_hooly
hotly115815482_hotly
scaly104718722s_caly
shady125416512sh_ady
shaky154616842sh_aky
shale85332832sh_ale
shaley123714992sh_aley
shall85024052sh_all
shalt85534492sh_alt
shay107133342sh_a_y
sheal84927702sheal_
sheals94420642sheals
shelly124414472shelly
shily115222012sh_ily
shoaled113810972shoaled
shoaler102610082shoaler
shoat85633952shoa_t
shoats94117082shoats
shoddy1434542shoddy
shoofly1634352shoofly
shool84523152shool_
shools94919012shools
shorl84720252shorl_
shorls94516202shorls
shortly13387572shortly
shorty124313202shorty
should1038032should
showily1636222showily
showy145714012sho_wy
shyly144811572sh_yly
skoal93811462skoal_
skoals10438242skoals
slowly1237152slowly
soapy106114782s_oapy
sonly85718052s_only
wholly15366572wholly

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551462.69030688.1
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691463.06358338.6
 
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