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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 “tactfully” 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.

50 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
tactfully174434(None) 
artfully1445402_artfully
tactful1236162tactfu_l_
tactually1445002tactually
tastefully1653482tastefully
actually1366853_actually
aimfully1644063_aimfully
awfully1644003_a_wfully
balefully1744503balefully
banefully1744773banefully
bashfully2043843bashfully
boastfully1853313boastfully
carefully1745083carefully
easefully1544723easefully
factful1536373factfu_l_
factually1744663factually
faithfully2252803faithfully
fancifully2152833fancifully
fatefully1844753fatefully
fitfully1744993_fitfully
fretfully1844303fretfully
gainfully1643933gainfully
ghastfully2052933ghastfully
gracefully1954143gracefully
harmfully2043333harmfully
hatefully1844773hatefully
hurtfully1843653hurtfully
lacteally1444473lacteally
lawfully1743503la_wfully
lustfully1543793lustfully
manfully1645653ma_nfully
painfully1744183painfully
peacefully2053723peacefully
restfully1545553restfully
tactically1749753tactically
tactilely1443433tactilely
tactual936203tact_ual_
tearfully1544143tearfully
thankfully2352283thankfully
toilfully1543183toilfully
tristfully1653743tristfully
trustfully1653593trustfully
truthfully1952963truthfully
tunefully1543893tunefully
wailfully1843163wailfully
wakefully2243483wakefully
wastefully1943433wastefully
watchfully2452423watchfully
wistfully1844213wistfully
zestfully2443913zestfully

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641506.41023188.9
3Display Results50500.0301666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691506.87625987.6
 
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