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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search foryellows” 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
yellows1332960(None) 
bellows124313301bellows
fellows134212431fellows
mellows123812231mellows
yellow12429881yellow_
yellowy16255691yellowy
allows94517682_allows
bellow114213352bellow_
belows114614182be_lows
billows123611292billows
cellos84517802cello_s
elbows1196712_elbows
fallows133713972fallows
felloes104114382felloes
fellow123712742fellow_
follows13409922follows
gallows113513512gallows
hallows134417392hallows
helloes103717462helloes
hellos95321682hello_s
hollows134412332hollows
jellos134714282jello_s
mallows123714322mallows
mellow114112222mellow_
pillows122610122pillows
reflows13258982reflows
reglows11288842reglows
replows12329702replows
sallows103915552sallows
tallows103313742tallows
wallows133613532wallows
willows13299752willows
yellers103912952yellers
yellowed15185742yellowed
yellower14186212yellower
yellowest1554012yellowest
yellowish1843322yellowish
yellowly17283622yellowly
yells85821942yell__s

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 Filter1786911076710.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit107671393.39331733.3
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691393.52950635.0