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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 “thirstily” 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.

32 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
thirstily154269(None) 
thirstier1243692thirstier
thirsting1335282thirsting
thirsty1354082thirst__y
thistly1395962thi_st_ly
thriftily1842002thriftily
chestily1645523ch_estily
chirpily1843773chir_pily
dirtily1138583_dir_tily
feistily1445263fei_stily
firstly1335643_first_ly
hastily133010663_h_astily
horsily1338843_hors_ily
mistily122612343_mi_stily
shiftily1744553shi_ftily
tartily103511573t_ar_tily
tastily103311643t__astily
testily102910803t__estily
thirdly1444633thir__dly
thirst9312253thirst___
thirsted1235213thirst_ed
thirster1135673thirst_er
thirsters1235233thirsters
thirstiest1343973thirstiest
thirsts1036243thirst__s
thirties1139723thir_ties
thirty12378403thir_t__y
thistle10107803thi_st_le
thornily1444163thor_nily
throatily1543703throatily
tipsily1236043t_ips_ily
trustily11257103t_rustily

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641326.73322076.5
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.18524870.0
 
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