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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forguilefully” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

21 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
guilefully175282(None) 
guileful1243312guilefu_l_
balefully1744503_balefully
direfully1644783_direfully
dolefully1643983_dolefully
gainfully1643933gai_nfully
gleefully1643133g_leefully
gracefully1954143gracefully
gratefully1744453gratefully
irefully1445943__irefully
pridefully1953293pridefully
ruefully1445223ru__efully
skilfully1942943skil_fully
skillfully2051993skillfully
spitefully1853573spitefully
toilfully1543183toil_fully
tunefully1543893tu_nefully
usefully1444593_u_sefully
wailfully1843163wail_fully
wilfully1743753_wil_fully
willfully1843073_willfully

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603216.26322449.8
3Display Results21210.0161312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691216.70226662.3