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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 “shadfly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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132 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
shadfly173378(None) 
shadily1437721shadily
gadfly1434662_gadfly
sadly94519122s_ad_ly
sandfly1435642sandfly
sawfly1535132s_awfly
shadowy1744722shadowy
shady125416512shad__y
shakily1736902shakily
shaly114322862sha__ly
shapely1536892shapely
sharply15406832sharply
shoofly1634352shoofly
badly114918763_bad_ly
barfly14339653_barfly
beadily1378843beadily
chaffy20456473cha_ffy
chally144314293cha_lly
charily15310283charily
chiefly1834103chiefly
dayfly1633813_dayfly
deadly113811473dead_ly
deafly13389123dea_fly
ghastly14354563ghastly
gladly11497933glad_ly
hackly18298733_hackly
hadal95518123_hadal_
handily143610873_handily
haply135915063_ha_ply
hardily143310273_hardily
hardly135112833_hardly
hazily2179063_hazily
headily1478623headily
madly115218133_mad_ly
mayfly1734403_mayfly
medfly1535223_medfly
readily11711403readily
saddle83915493s_addle
safely12249393s_afely
sagely102811383s_agely
sally85129713s_a_lly
sanely93114613s_anely
scaly104718723sca__ly
scantly12419553scantly
scarily12311703scarily
seedily1178583seedily
shabbily1873903shabbily
shabby1635803sha_bby
shackle16409543shackle
shad86230913shad___
shadblow1742313shadblow
shade95125583shad__e
shaded114518873shad_ed
shader104218763shad_er
shaders115915553shaders
shades105924533shad_es
shadflies1643833shadflies
shadier113111153shadier
shading123115563shading
shadoof1446133shadoof
shadow1337253shad_ow
shadowily1982023shadowily
shadows1437193shadows
shads95124483shad__s
shaduf1337063shad_uf
shadufs1433673shadufs
shaft115725263sha_f_t
shafts125411443sha_fts
shaggily1643773shaggily
shaggy14478043sha_ggy
shaky154616843sha__ky
shale85332833sha__le
shaley123714993sha_ley
shall85024053sha__ll
shalt85534493sha__lt
shamably18165803shamably
shamble14149263shamble
shammy16388503sha_mmy
shamoy14379913sha_moy
shandy134710033sha_ndy
shanny124110093sha_nny
shantey134210043shantey
shanty124715123sha_nty
sharny124711833sha_rny
sharpy145211033sha_rpy
shaul85418103sha_ul_
shauls94913113sha_uls
shawl116217573sha_wl_
shawls125411973sha_wls
shay107133343sha___y
sheerly13337703sheerly
shelly124414473sh_elly
shifty15409263sh_ifty
shily115222013sh__ily
shingly143210813shingly
shinily13268933shinily
shoaly124010773sh_oaly
shoddily1643573shoddily
shoddy1434543shod_dy
shortly13387573shortly
showily1636223showily
shrilly13318563shrilly
shuffle16276923shuffle
shyly144811573sh__yly
slackly1635263slackly
slantly10399323slantly
smartly12497433smartly
snaffle13216253snaffle
snakily1436913snakily
snarly93815003sna_rly
snidely1136813snidely
sniffly16265643sniffly
snuffly16305203snuffly
soapily1237963soapily
spangly1336473spangly
sparely123410673sparely
sparkly16348133sparkly
stably113314123sta_bly
staddle9288093staddle
stagily1139053stagily
staidly1136683staidly
stalely1039213stalely
starkly14277033starkly
stately10310223stately
steadily1236213steadily
stiffly16235173stiffly
studly10397693stud_ly
suably112814533sua_bly
suavely1376493suavely
swaddle12276743swaddle
waddly14478723_waddly
waffly18305433_waffly

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 Filter1786911340270.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit1340271326.78319759.3
3Display Results1321320.0462869.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911326.98525582.1
 
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