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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 “joyfully” 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.

32 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
joyfully244283(None) 
joyful1943842joyfu_l_
joyfuller2251472joyfuller
joyously2143292joyously
woefully1744182woefully
wofully1644522wo_fully
aimfully1644063aimfully
artfully1445403artfully
awfully1644003_awfully
dolefully1643983dolefully
doomfully1852853doomfully
fitfully1744993fitfully
foully1239013fo__ully
fully114820863___fully
hopefully2043703hopefully
irefully1445943irefully
jolly154517513jo___lly
jovially2144753jovially
joyfullest2351923joyfullest
lawfully1743503lawfully
loyally13126843loy_ally
manfully1645653manfully
playfully2043213playfully
royally13157733roy_ally
ruefully1445223ruefully
sinfully1445613sinfully
songfully1643523songfully
soulfully1543853soulfully
toilfully1543183toilfully
topfull1244153topfull_
usefully1444593usefully
wilfully1743753wilfully

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 Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit146162327.12320519.7
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.59223536.7
 
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