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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 “pitifully” 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.

30 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
pitifully174421(None) 
dutifully1643902dutifully
fitfully1744992fit_fully
pitiful1245862pitifu_l_
pitifuller1551662pitifuller
spitefully1853572spitefully
aimfully1644063ai_mfully
artfully1445403art_fully
direfully1644783direfully
faithfully2252803faithfully
fatefully1844753fatefully
hatefully1844773hatefully
irefully1445943_irefully
mindfully1843463mindfully
mirthfully2152663mirthfully
painfully1744183painfully
piteously1446313piteously
pitfall1245823pit_fall_
pitfalls1345373pit_falls
pitiably1545843piti_ably
pitifullest1652633pitifullest
playfully2043213playfully
plentifully1952733plentifully
pridefully1953293pridefully
ruthfully1843643ruthfully
sinfully1445613si_nfully
wilfully1743753wi_lfully
willfully1843073willfully
wishfully2143443wishfully
wistfully1844213wistfully

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 Filter1786911486410.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit148641307.29620372.9
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.78222962.1
 
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