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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 “smelly” 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.

50 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
smelly11411036(None) 
shelly124414471shelly
smell74916231smell_
smells83914741smells
belly104625492_belly
delly96023872_delly
felly114922802_felly
jelly154218252_jelly
kelly124617022_kelly
mealy104422182_mealy
mell64935612_mell_
mells75031332_mells
melty104918362_melty
molly105222492_molly
nelly84618812_nelly
sally85129712s_ally
seely84522632s_eely
seemly1138432seemly
sell45840612s_ell_
selle54428312s_elle
sells55134432s_ells
shell84424122shell_
shells94319522shells
shelty124011552shelty
shelvy15377862shelvy
silly84527622s_illy
skell94915832skell_
skells105013782skells
small74016262small_
smalls84514122smalls
smeary114110802smeary
smelled103511862smelled
smeller94212792smeller
smelt74726782sme_lt
smelts85412772smelts
smiley114012302smiley
smugly1274832smugly
snell54517302snell_
snells64614202snells
solely93714212solely
spell75020302spell_
spells84617682spells
steely93612572steely
stella63612972stella
stilly93714092stilly
sully84622902s_ully
swell84815982swell_
swells93913982swells
telly84920822_telly
welly114620012_welly

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 Limit82551502.75030018.5
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691503.12657162.8
 
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