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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 “whorishly” 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.

25 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
whorishly214304(None) 
boorishly1743632boorishly
whorish1636602whorish__
bearishly1774293bearishly
bookishly2143343bookishly
boyishly1943663_boyishly
churlishly2151983churlishly
currishly1763943currishly
fairishly1843573fairishly
foolishly1843763foolishly
garishly1545693_garishly
ghoulishly2051753ghoulishly
harshly1636273_har_shly
hoggishly2042953_hoggishly
horsily1338843_hor_sily
modishly1744583_modishly
moonishly1743733moonishly
mopishly1864053_mopishly
ogrishly1544033_ogrishly
popishly1844193_popishly
tonishly1445523_tonishly
waggishly2042563waggishly
waspishly2042613waspishly
weakishly2243043weakishly
wolfishly2143023wolfishly

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 Filter1786911486410.826216332.9
2DLD Change Limit148641256.25323771.1
3Display Results25250.0131923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691257.09225196.1
 
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