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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 “basely” 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.

57 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
basely11441231(None) 
barely114716791barely
bassly114610071bassly
abasedly1443342abasedly
babel95821692babel_
babels105216722babels
badly114918762ba_dly
bagel85116792bagel_
bagels95712312bagels
bailey115015672bailey
bakery155911002bakery
baldly12479832baldly
bally105530102ba_lly
barfly14339652barfly
barley115116762barley
basal75722282basal_
basally1237962basally
basalt83519582basalt
base64847022base__
based85331582base_d
baser74828922base_r
bases75644352base_s
basest84720492basest
bashlyk1942462bashlyk
basify1437512basify
basil75122272basil_
basils85717472basils
bassy1012917102bas_sy
beastly1277562beastly
biasedly1443952biasedly
bluely113310082bluely
brashly15427612brashly
bravely15428232bravely
busily112211502busily
casefy1436272casefy
easel54521112easel_
easels65914552easels
easily9313022easily
falsely1336012falsely
gamely124711912gamely
lamely114013222lamely
lanely93914482lanely
lastly93310872lastly
lately93413842lately
namely113711322namely
obesely1245112obesely
palely11311932palely
rarely93513652rarely
rashly123410212rashly
safely12249392safely
sagely102811382sagely
sanely93114612sanely
tamely113711952tamely
vastly12508722vastly
weasely13317852weasely
wisely122711712wisely
yarely122810302yarely

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 Limit82551572.51632810.4
3Display Results57570.0134384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691572.87262218.3
 
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