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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 “woolly” 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.

43 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
woolly1240851(None) 
coolly114811391coolly
wholly15366571wholly
wooly114417671woo_ly
brolly114510852brolly
colly104926772_colly
cooly105525422coo_ly
dolly96125202_dolly
dooly94821802doo_ly
drolly105411672drolly
folly115022602_folly
foully1239012foully
golly95121102_golly
goodly11419302goodly
googly11417882googly
holly114824432_holly
hooly115022222hoo_ly
jolly154517512_jolly
knolly13336132knolly
lolly85120662_lolly
molly105222492_molly
mooley11311632mooley
poorly1137892poorly
trolly94012362trolly
wally114625092w_ally
welly114620012w_elly
willy115321912w_illy
wobbly16347092wobbly
wofully1644522wofully
woodsy13505922woodsy
woody125116882woo_dy
wool76427372woo_l_
wooled103715502wooled
woolen93111372woolen
wooler93615872wooler
woolie93514482woolie
woolled1136642woolled
woollen1034722woollen
woollily1443122woollily
wools84421462woo_ls
woozily2234382woozily
woozy204410602woo_zy
worldly1433992worldly

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551433.60622892.7
3Display Results43430.0331303.0
 (SQL Overall)178691433.98544840.9
 
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