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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 “raffishly” 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.

40 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
raffishly214330(None) 
huffishly2442612huffishly
oafishly1754092oa_fishly
offishly2063612_offishly
raffish1658842raffish__
rakishly1844292ra_kishly
affinely1743863_affinely
aguishly1543613_aguishly
apishly1535663_a_pishly
babyishly2242513babyishly
caddishly1943343caddishly
cattishly1743473cattishly
daffily1735133daffi__ly
draffish1844553draffish__
dwarfishly2351733dwarfishly
elfishly1743503_elfishly
faddishly2042923faddishly
fairishly1843573fairishly
garishly1545693ga_rishly
gawkishly2342473gawkishly
haggishly2042913haggishly
hawkishly2542753hawkishly
jadishly2243653ja_dishly
lavishly1744413la_vishly
mannishly1744113mannishly
mawkishly2442883mawkishly
prankishly2242413prankishly
rashly123410213ra___shly
ratfish1338773ratfish__
ratfishes1546103ratfishes
roguishly1642973roguishly
ruffianly1851623ruffianly
runtishly1543463runtishly
ruttishly1543233ruttishly
selfishly1843633selfishly
sniffishly2251873sniffishly
vampishly2243113vampishly
waggishly2042563waggishly
waspishly2042613waspishly
wolfishly2143023wolfishly

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641407.62319499.0
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691408.06222164.6
 
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