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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 “wholly” 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.

39 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
wholly1536657(None) 
holly114824431_holly
woolly12408511woolly
brolly114510852brolly
chally144314292chally
chilly144113222chilly
cholla113911022cholla
colly104926772_colly
coolly114811392coolly
dhooly13457142dhooly
dolly96125202_dolly
drolly105411672drolly
folly115022602_folly
golly95121102_golly
hilly114422162_hilly
holey115626902_holey
holily123612952_holily
holla84918492_holla
hollo84822162_hollo
holy106333432_ho_ly
hooly115022222_hooly
hotly115815482_hotly
jolly154517512_jolly
knolly13336132knolly
lolly85120662_lolly
molly105222492_molly
shelly124414472shelly
shoaly124010772shoaly
trolly94012362trolly
wally114625092w_ally
welly114620012w_elly
whelky19314972whelky
whirly15448862whirly
whole114418092who_le
wholes124616772wholes
whorl114612452whorl_
whorls124410162whorls
willy115321912w_illy
wooly114417672w_ooly

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551392.14338521.2
3Display Results39390.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691392.46972373.8
 
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