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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 “willful” 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.

61 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
willful134453(None) 
wilful1235961wi_lful
skillful1542442skillful
wailful1344952wailful
willfully1843072willfully
wishful1664502wishful
wistful1365712wistful
aidful1057073ai_dful
aimful1166703ai_mful
baleful1238003baleful
bellyful1642513bellyful
billbug1242753billbug
billfold1443153billfold
bowlful1544613bowlful
direful1156613direful
dishful1455433dishful
doleful1146333doleful
fistful1365903fistful
fitful1256333fi_tful
guileful1243313guileful
helpful1543963helpful
ireful948713_ireful
kistful1465303kistful
lifeful1344613lifeful
millrun944183millrun
mindful1344613mindful
pailful1236103pailful
pailsful1343263pailsful
palmful1445053palmful
pipeful1445643pipeful
pitiful1245863pitiful
sinful938803si_nful
skilful1443933skilful
soulful1045293soulful
tinful938043ti_nful
toilful1044813toilful
villous102810023villous
villus93611223vill_us
waeful1238123w_aeful
wakeful1735613wakeful
wameful1535673wameful
wildfowl1842243wildfowl
wilfully1743753wi_lfully
will75737513wi_l__l
willable13168683willable
willed104722453will_ed
willer94021063will_er
willers103517913willers
willet95124833will_et
willets104414323willets
willie94116453will_ie
willied114611563willied
willies103920153willies
willing113821613willing
willow12369693will_ow
willows13299753willows
willowy16276353willowy
wills84528963will__s
willy115321913will__y
woeful1236363w_oeful
woful1158173w__oful

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 Filter1786911340270.813219792.1
2DLD Change Limit134027616.81319672.2
3Display Results61610.0302033.3
 (SQL Overall)178691617.65623340.0
 
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