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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 “yellowly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

36 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
yellowly1728362(None) 
fellowly17264091fellowly
mellowly16254001mellowly
yellowy16255691yellow_y
hollowly1743382hollowly
sallowly14344832sallowly
yellow12429882yellow__
yellowed15185742yellowed
yellower14186212yellower
yellows13329602yellow_s
bellow114213353bellow__
bellowed14158603bellowed
bellower13159063bellower
bellows124313303bellow_s
billowy15366903billow_y
fellow123712743fellow__
fellowed15136833fellowed
fellows134212433fellow_s
lowly114113333___lowly
mellow114112223mellow__
mellowed14166923mellowed
mellower13167403mellower
mellows123812233mellow_s
pillowy15316423pillow_y
sallowy13369343sallow_y
seldomly1442393seldomly
shallowly1842613shallowly
slowly1237153__slowly
tallowy13347633tallow_y
wellaway1773713wellaway
willowy16276353willow_y
yellowest1554013yellowest
yellowfin1851903yellowfin
yellowing1655073yellowing
yellowish1843323yellowish
yellowlegs1751473yellowlegs

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit146162367.15620425.1
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691367.30924448.1
 
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