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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 “deliciously” 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.

24 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
deliciously175513(None) 
deliriously1555031deliriously
delicious1246712delicious__
felicitously2053112felicitously
maliciously1855112maliciously
religiously1555482religiously
delirious1045603delirious__
desirously1445243desi_rously
deviously1645513de__viously
duplicitously21121883duplicitously
feloniously1754503feloniously
ferociously1955183ferociously
hellaciously2063083hellaciously
judiciously2454353judiciously
melodiously1754453melodiously
obliviously1953533obliviously
officiously2254213officiously
perniciously1954803perniciously
salaciously1655313salaciously
seditiously1555583seditiously
solicitously1793433solicitously
tenaciously1655303tenaciously
veraciously1955703veraciously
viciously1746393__viciously

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit121633244.90324807.9
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691245.37233263.4
 
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