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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 “herbicidally” 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.

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
herbicidally235165(None) 
herbicidal1852722herbicida_l_
heroically18410623heroic__ally
homicidally2252023h_omicidally
acerbically2044674acerbic__ally
aerobically1848114aerobic__ally
cherubically2452604cherubic__ally
fungicidally2261204fungicidally
germicidal1652634germicida_l_
hectically2049604hectic__ally
helically1749434he_lic__ally
heraldically2154934heraldically
herbicide17114184herbicid___e
herbicides1884194herbicid__es
heretically19410684her_etically
hermetically2248384hermetically
horrifically2363354horrifically
medicinally1953284me_dicinally
suicidally1653524__suicidally
terrifically2053684terrifically
thermically2146684thermic__ally
veridically2046084ver_idically
vertically18410934vertic__ally
xerically2149534xer_ic__ally

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit124790247.90315790.2
3Display Results24240.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691248.29621539.4
 
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