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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 “wisely” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

40 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
wisely12271171(None) 
widely133311031widely
wifely15429421wifely
basely114412312basely
cicely1338832cicely
direly10311562direly
finely123011562finely
likely13328132likely
lively123310812lively
miserly12329822miserly
misery114113542misery
misrely12319612misrely
nicely1139492nicely
rifely123710032rifely
ripely112511152ripely
timely113410112timely
unwisely1444462unwisely
vilely1239442vilely
weasely13317852weasely
whitely16346472whitely
wield95213912wi_eld
wieldy13476182wi_eldy
wifey144913672wife_y
wiggly14559682wiggly
wildly13328122wildly
wilily123310762wilily
willy115321912wi_lly
wily106428812wi__ly
winery125014282winery
winey115325432wine_y
wirily123310782wirily
wise75737342wise__
wised95123342wise_d
wiseguy1442352wiseguy
wisent93516342wisent
wiser85522802wise_r
wises85633192wise_s
wisest95016442wisest
wispily1535652wispily
wispy137210972wis_py

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551402.48633206.4
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691402.84262875.1
 
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