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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 “parlously” 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.

33 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
parlously144566(None) 
callously1445472callously
parlous9414292parlous__
perilously1546432perilously
porously1347752por_ously
variously1547312variously
arduously1344793_arduously
curiously1447673curiously
emulously1444463emulously
fabulously1853323fabulously
famously1685133fa_mously
fatuously1544893fatuously
furiously1546503furiously
garrulously1552633garrulously
jealously1944433jealously
marvelously1953043marvelously
nervously1545053nervously
parlors9312913parlors__
parlour937263parlou__r
parlours1036153parlou_rs
parous84024163par_ous__
piously1236833p__iously
piteously1446313piteously
pompously1844353pompously
populously1753783populously
proudly1336333p_r_oudly
raucously1475113raucously
seriously1248383seriously
spaciously1746403spaciously
spuriously1545893spuriously
vacuously1744713vacuously
villously1544533villously
zealously2144303zealously

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 Filter1786911486410.876203985.2
2DLD Change Limit148641337.61019532.3
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691338.49921024.9
 
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