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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 “willfully” 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.

28 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
willfully184307(None) 
wilfully1743751wi_lfully
skillfully2051992skillfully
wailfully1843162wailfully
willful1344532willfu_l_
wishfully2143442wishfully
wistfully1844212wistfully
aimfully1644063ai_mfully
balefully1744503balefully
direfully1644783direfully
dolefully1643983dolefully
fitfully1744993fi_tfully
guilefully1752823guilefully
helpfully2052703helpfully
hillbilly1751823hillbilly
irefully1445943_irefully
mindfully1843463mindfully
pitifully1744213pitifully
sinfully1445613si_nfully
skilfully1942943skilfully
soulfully1543853soulfully
toilfully1543183toilfully
villously1544533villously
wakefully2243483wakefully
wilful1235963wi_lfu_l_
willingly1645393willingly
woefully1744183w_oefully
wofully1644523w__ofully

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 Filter1786911486410.766233278.1
2DLD Change Limit148641286.31023556.4
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691287.07625253.1
 
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