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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 “elfishly” 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.

50 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
elfishly174350(None) 
elvishly1743311elvishly
selfishly1843631selfishly
elfish1267962elfish__
hellishly1843572hellishly
oafishly1754092oafishly
offishly2063612offishly
wolfishly2143022wolfishly
aguishly1543613aguishly
apishly1535663_apishly
beamishly1973343beamishly
bearishly1774293bearishly
boyishly1943663boyishly
bullishly1744083bullishly
coltishly1744213coltishly
cultishly1744073cultishly
dollishly1643683dollishly
doltishly1643383doltishly
dudishly1673233dudishly
dullishly1643383dullishly
elvish1277563elvish__
fishily1637643__fishily
fishy146011663__fish_y
fleshly16346093fl_eshly
garishly1545693garishly
hennishly1842993hennishly
huffishly2442613huffishly
impishly1844093impishly
jadishly2243653jadishly
laithly1335653_laithly
lavishly1744413lavishly
lushly12247343_l_ushly
modishly1744583modishly
mopishly1864053mopishly
mulishly1644893mulishly
ogrishly1544033ogrishly
owlishly1743593owlishly
peckishly2342673peckishly
peevishly2042873peevishly
pettishly1743333pettishly
plushly15385383pl_ushly
popishly1844193popishly
raffishly2143303raffishly
rakishly1844293rakishly
selfish1388513selfish__
slavishly1843243slavishly
tonishly1445523tonishly
unselfishly2051463unselfishly
uppishly1843013uppishly
weakishly2243043weakishly

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162506.70321805.5
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691507.13925030.3
 
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