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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 “usefully” 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.

51 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
usefully144459(None) 
easefully1544722easefully
irefully1445942irefully
lustfully1543792lustfully
ruefully1445222ruefully
tunefully1543892tunefully
useful947012usefu_l_
woefully1744182woefully
aimfully1644063aimfully
artfully1445403artfully
asexually1943773asexually
awfully1644003_awfully
balefully1744503balefully
banefully1744773banefully
bashfully2043843bashfully
carefully1745083carefully
direfully1644783direfully
dolefully1643983dolefully
dutifully1643903dutifully
fatefully1844753fatefully
fitfully1744993fitfully
fretfully1844303fretfully
fully114820863___fully
gleefully1643133gleefully
guilefully1752823guilefully
hatefully1844773hatefully
heedfully1943153heedfully
hopefully2043693hopefully
hurtfully1843653hurtfully
joyfully2442833joyfully
lawfully1743503lawfully
manfully1645653manfully
museful1245883musefu_l_
needfully1642983needfully
restfully1545553restfully
ruthfully1843643ruthfully
sexually1845603_sexually
sinfully1445613sinfully
sully84622903_s__ully
tastefully1653483tastefully
trustfully1653593trustfully
unequally2144193unequally
useably1287393use_ably
usually1066063us_ually
wakefully2243483wakefully
wastefully1943433wastefully
wilfully1743753wilfully
wishfully2143443wishfully
wistfully1844213wistfully
wofully1644523_wofully
zestfully2443913zestfully

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162517.20320291.8
3Display Results51510.0301700.0
 (SQL Overall)178691517.63923391.9
 
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