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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 “volley” 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.

51 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
volley1241974(None) 
valley124311601valley
volleys13316641volleys
alley85721672_alley
bolled94722652bolled
collet84030362collet
colly104926772coll_y
dolled83518072dolled
dolly96125202doll_y
doyley13487282doyley
foley115222302fo_ley
folles93820472folles
folly115022602foll_y
galley104215452galley
golly95121102goll_y
gulley104213162gulley
holey115626902ho_ley
holler93520612holler
holly114824432holl_y
jolly154517512joll_y
lolled74315822lolled
loller63315282loller
lolly85120662loll_y
molly105222492moll_y
mooley11311632mooley
motley1139382motley
mulley114013452mulley
polled94022002polled
pollee83623272pollee
pollen83416452pollen
poller83921852poller
pollex153711162pollex
pulley113713402pulley
rolled74220242rolled
roller63919792roller
solely93714212solely
tolled73819032tolled
toller63819442toller
trolley10328752trolley
valleys13407482valleys
vilely1239442vilely
voile84719722voile_
voiles94616442voiles
vole75236982vo_le_
voled95323722vo_led
volery1237872volery
voles86234042vo_les
volleyed1543532volleyed
volleyer1443162volleyer
volte85321302volte_
voltes94915582voltes

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 Limit82551512.17337989.4
3Display Results51510.0133923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691512.52970656.8
 
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