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

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89 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
shiftily174455(None) 
heftily1635762_heftily
niftily1335752_niftily
shiftier1436342shiftier
shifting152910382shifting
shifty15409262shift__y
shinily13268932shi_nily
sniffily17154032sniffily
spiffily19153482spiffily
swiftly1633732swift_ly
thriftily1842002thriftily
chattily1634603chattily
chestily1645523chestily
chillily1644113chillily
chirpily1843773chirpily
craftily1644783craftily
daintily1245523daintily
dirtily1138583_dirtily
draftily1534413draftily
feistily1445263feistily
fifthly1943093_fifthly
flintily1434893flintily
grittily1244183grittily
guiltily1243423guiltily
hastily133010663_hastily
huffily1934693_huffily
loftily1336353_loftily
mistily122612343_mistily
saintly1039343saint_ly
saltily10310543s_altily
scantily1337583scantily
shabbily1873903shabbily
shadily1437723sh_adily
shafting15278683shafting
shaggily1643773shaggily
shakily1736903sh_akily
shift114225143shift___
shiftable1744893shiftable
shifted14359983shift_ed
shifter132911083shift_er
shifters14319863shifters
shiftiest1537363shiftiest
shifts124412943shift__s
shily115222013sh___ily
shingly143210813shi_ngly
shirtier1137943shirtier
shirting123213613shirting
shirty124312563shirt__y
shittier1137313shittier
shittim1245133shitti_m
shittims1344423shittims
shitting123212663shitting
shitty124110063shi_t_ty
shoddily1643573shoddily
shortly13387573short_ly
showily1636223sh_owily
sifting113014593s_ifting
silkily14236963s_ilkily
sillily10209783s_illily
sixthly2042873s_ixthly
skimpily1963053skimpily
slimily1247713sli_mily
slinkily1534853slinkily
slippily1544193slippily
smirkily1753333smirkily
smuttily1344273smuttily
sniffly16265643snif_fly
snippily1543573snippily
snootily1136253snootily
snottily1145553snottily
snuffily17124323snuffily
softly12457763s_oft_ly
sootily101810523s_ootily
spicily1438653spi_cily
spikily1635873spi_kily
sportily1337733sportily
spottily1335153spottily
stickily1736083stickily
stiffly16235173stif_fly
stingily1236793stingily
stuffily17124163stuffily
sweatily1435473sweatily
swimmily1842713swimmily
swithly1634443swi_thly
thirstily1542693thirstily
thistly1395963thist_ly
tuftily1335573_tuftily
whitely16346473whi_tely
wittily1336173_wittily

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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162897.20320291.8
3Display Results89890.0332697.0
 (SQL Overall)178691897.39224173.6
 
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