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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 “ruefully” 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.

61 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
ruefully144522(None) 
irefully1445942irefully
rueful948202ruefu_l_
ruthfully1843642ruthfully
tunefully1543892tunefully
usefully1444592usefully
woefully1744182woefully
aimfully1644063aimfully
artfully1445403artfully
awfully1644003_awfully
balefully1744503balefully
banefully1744773banefully
brimfully1943283brimfully
carefully1745083carefully
cruelly1236563crue__lly
direfully1644783direfully
dolefully1643983dolefully
dutifully1643903dutifully
easefully1544723easefully
fatefully1844753fatefully
fitfully1744993fitfully
forcefully2153173forcefully
fretfully1844303fretfully
fruitfully1953193fruitfully
fully114820863___fully
gleefully1643133gleefully
gracefully1954143gracefully
gratefully1744453gratefully
guilefully1752823guilefully
hatefully1844773hatefully
heedfully1943153heedfully
hopefully2043693hopefully
hurtfully1843653hurtfully
joyfully2442833joyfully
lawfully1743503lawfully
lustfully1543793lustfully
manfully1645653manfully
needfully1642983needfully
outbully1345103outbully
pridefully1953293pridefully
really93315613r_e_ally
refall94314393r_efall_
refalls103312243r_efalls
refell94214443r_efell_
refill94514053r_efill_
refills103711423r_efills
refly113914563r_ef__ly
refuel93912623r_efuel_
refuels10399523r_efuels
regally1159873r_egally
restfully1545553restfully
retally10413683r_etally
ruffly15336673ru_f_fly
rurally1038303ru_rally
sinfully1445613sinfully
soulfully1543853soulfully
trustfully1653593trustfully
truthfully1952963truthfully
wakefully2243483wakefully
wilfully1743753wilfully
wofully1644523_wofully

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162616.28323263.1
3Display Results61610.0302033.3
 (SQL Overall)178691616.73626527.8
 
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