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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 “absently” 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.

63 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
absently134581(None) 
abjectly2242412abjectly
absent84016992absent__
absented1156612absented
absentee1067662absentee
absenter1086772absenter
absents93510722absent_s
ardently1247452ardently
abasedly1443343abase_dly
abhenry1543333abhen_ry
abruptly1542533abruptly
abseil837183abse_il_
abseils935973abse_ils
absence1137713absen_ce
absences1247673absences
absentees1164533absentees
absenters1156173absenters
absenting1236993absenting
absinth1244973absint_h
absinthe1342643absinthe
absinths1342953absinths
abstinently1652243abstinently
absurdly1442903absurdly
adeptly1344183a_deptly
agentry11165753a_gentry
alertly1046793a_lertly
alienly1037503alien_ly
anciently1446143anciently
aplenty1237173aplent_y
arrantly1156103arrantly
arsenal739383arsenal_
arsenals847733arsenals
assembly1543853assembly
assent65119953assent__
assented957513assented
assenter867703assenter
assentor865293assentor
assents74512223assent_s
auntly95211063a__untly
basely114412313base__ly
bluntly1235223_bluntly
cogently1446323cogently
decently1448013decently
fluently1445133fluently
gently103710913__gently
intently1149823intently
lambently1643393lambently
latently1146353latently
lucently1344973lucently
misentry1345773misentry
momently1546473momently
obscenely1651913obscenely
patently1347113patently
patiently1445633patiently
potently1347403potently
presently1449063presently
recently1339423recently
saliently1245773saliently
sapiently1444863sapiently
sentry92912053__sentry
silently1147483silently
ungently1256953ungently
urgently1245623urgently

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit146162637.54619369.5
3Display Results63630.0302100.0
 (SQL Overall)178691638.02922255.7
 
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