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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 “mainly” 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.

43 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
mainly1141149(None) 
gainly1049321gainly
manly105022951ma_nly
vainly1258501vainly
bairnly1234502bairnly
daily95922332dai_ly
dainty105311472dainty
faintly1337082faintly
fairly125610012fairly
gaily95020972gai_ly
inly75622212__inly
madly115218132ma_dly
maidenly1444562maidenly
mail65543452mai_l_
maile75232222mai_le
maill74420792mai_ll
maills84215282maills
mails76037782mai_ls
main65345522main__
mains75635112main_s
malignly1444682malignly
mangy115021242ma_ngy
manila84518302manila
many95731862ma_n_y
marbly134111932marbly
marly106925612ma_rly
maundy12506782maundy
mayfly1734402mayfly
mazily20610392mazily
meanly115412042meanly
meiny104015412mein_y
mincy125817412m_incy
mingy115520182m_ingy
minny104518662m_inny
minty106323902m_inty
painty114714752painty
plainly1236472plainly
rainily10310432rainily
rainy85921082rain_y
saintly1039342saintly
thinly1238672thinly
wanly115118022wa_nly
zanily18310182zanily

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551432.51632810.4
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691432.85862523.1
 
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