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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 “sheepishly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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81 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
sheepishly215236(None) 
cheapishly2361972cheapishly
sheepish1645412sheepish__
shrewishly2251832shrewishly
sweetishly1952102sweetishly
hellishly1843573_hellishly
hennishly1842993_hennishly
peevishly2042873_peevishly
selfishly1843633s_elfishly
sleepily1344823sleepi__ly
snappishly2052193snappishly
steepish1375823steepish__
sweepingly1942953sweepingly
thievishly2251553thievishly
apishly1535664___apishly
beamishly1973344_beamishly
bearishly1774294_bearishly
blimpishly2251644blimpishly
cheapish1844334cheapish__
cheekily2053474cheeki__ly
cheerily1655424cheeri__ly
cheesily1654414chee__sily
childishly2251844childishly
churlishly2151984churlishly
creepily1574954creepi__ly
elfishly1743504__elfishly
elvishly1743314__elvishly
feverishly2252094feverishly
fiendishly2051784fiendishly
foppishly2242674_foppishly
freakishly2351914freakishly
ghoulishly2051754ghoulishly
haggishly2042914_haggishly
hawkishly2542754_hawkishly
hoggishly2042954_hoggishly
huffishly2442614_huffishly
impishly1844094__impishly
lumpishly1943054_lumpishly
mopishly1864054__mopishly
ogreishly1642524ogre_ishly
peckishly2342674_peckishly
pettishly1743334_pettishly
popishly1844194__popishly
seedily1178584s_eedi__ly
seemingly1545714s_eemingly
sheepberry2051824sheepberry
sheepfold1851994sheep_fold
sheepishness2052934sheepishness
sheepshank2251854sheep_shank
sheepshead1961944sheep_shead
sheepskin1851994sheep_skin
sheepwalk2152474sheep_walk
sheerly13337704shee___rly
sheesh1237814shee__sh__
shlemiehl1751404shlemiehl_
shlemiehls1851014shlemiehls
shrewish1744734shrewish__
sickishly2143264s_ickishly
skittishly20111934skittishly
slavishly1843244s_lavishly
sleeplessly1652214sleeplessly
sluggishly1851644sluggishly
sluttishly1651884sluttishly
sniffishly2251874sniffishly
snobbishly2051764snobbishly
sottishly1543764s_ottishly
speedily1465174speedi__ly
squarishly2542704squarishly
squeamishly2851184squeamishly
steeply1236294steep___ly
stylishly1843514s_tylishly
sweetish1445374sweetish__
swinishly1843384s_winishly
tigerishly1752104tigerishly
uppishly1843014__uppishly
vampishly2243114_vampishly
waspishly2042614_waspishly
weakishly2243044_weakishly
weepingly1844264_weepingly
wheezily2642304wheezi__ly
whorishly2143044wh_orishly

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911614500.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit161450819.68616668.4
3Display Results81810.0461760.9
 (SQL Overall)178691819.90518040.5
 
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