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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 “soulfully” 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.

27 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
soulfully154385(None) 
skilfully1942942skilfully
songfully1643522songfully
soulful1045292soulfu_l_
toilfully1543182toilfully
dolefully1643983dolefully
doomfully1852853doomfully
doubtfully1952453doubtfully
hopefully2043703hopefully
joyfully2442833jo_yfully
mournfully1852273mournfully
outbully1345103_outbully
ruefully1445223_ruefully
scornfully1852543scornfully
sinfully1445613s_infully
skillfully2051993skillfully
slothfully1952333slothfully
solubly1255283so_l_ubly
sportfully1853543sportfully
sulfury1345163s_ulfu_ry
sulfuryl1442943s_ulfuryl
wailfully1843163wailfully
wilfully1743753_wilfully
willfully1843073willfully
woefully1744183wo_efully
wofully1644523wo__fully
youthfully2252553youthfully

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641277.37620152.0
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691277.79622920.9
 
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