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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 “gladly” 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.

35 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
gladly1149793(None) 
glady105413941glad_y
badly114918762_badly
baldly12479832baldly
blandly1336042blandly
deadly113811472deadly
flatly123110212flatly
gadfly1434662g_adfly
gaily95020972g_aily
gally95026172g_ally
gayly124513092g_ayly
gelidly1234752gelidly
glad65624012glad__
glade75121962glad_e
glades84820342glades
glads75620612glad_s
glairy10448272glairy
glary96018542gla_ry
glassy10527752glassy
glazily2035382glazily
glazy187410982gla_zy
glegly1134872glegly
glibly1236292glibly
gluily10308292gluily
glumly12356622glumly
gnarly104610382gnarly
godly104913292g_odly
goodly11419302goodly
grandly1238742grandly
grayly13287962grayly
ladle66320442_ladle
lady86527152_lad_y
laxly15610102_laxly
madly115218132_madly
sadly94519122_sadly

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 Limit82551352.36034979.2
3Display Results35350.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691352.70366108.4
 
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