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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 “blithely” 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.

63 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
blithely1610403(None) 
lithely1356641_lithely
blithe115810862blithe__
blither124812172blithe_r
blithers134711232blithers
blithest1338082blithest
slithery14356702slithery
bethel1169643b_ethel_
bethels1238533b_ethels
bitchery18236563b_itchery
bitchily1844533b_itchily
bitterly1335603b_itterly
blather125314203blathe_r
blathers134713793blathers
blether12459913blethe_r
blethers13429613blethers
blighty16356843bligh_ty
blimey13468453bli_me_y
blindly1335743bli_ndly
blistery13418713blistery
blite76225353blit_e__
blites84721213blit_e_s
blitheful1751973blitheful
blithered15156123blithered
blitzed19336533blitze_d
blitzer18447663blitze_r
blitzers19417153blitzers
blitzes18408703blitze_s
blotchily1942683blotchily
bluely113310083bl__uely
brightly1764553brightly
brittlely1442473brittlely
brittly12165973brit_tly
brothel12318193brothel_
brothels13277073brothels
brotherly1743793brotherly
brutely1235933brut_ely
dithery14318943_dithery
filthily1743663filthily
glittery12375613glittery
laithly1335653laith_ly
lately93413843_lat_ely
lathery133911123_lathery
lichtly15255523_lichtly
lightly14369023_lightly
likely13328133_li_kely
lithe84922013_lithe__
lither94520953_lithe_r
lithest10513913_lithest
lithify1644763_lithify
littery103710493_littery
lively123310813_li_vely
oblately1343923oblat_ely
obliquely2352233obliquely
pithily1567033_pithily
politely1347093polit_ely
slightly1544603slightly
slither104112983slithe_r
slithers114212953slithers
smithery16325703smithery
swithly1634443swith_ly
tritely1039003trit_ely
whitely16346473whit_ely

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162637.14020470.9
3Display Results63630.0163937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691637.57923577.1
 
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