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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 “appallingly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

44 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
appallingly195150(None) 
appalling1444922appalling__
appealingly1952232appealingly
appraisingly2051873appraisingly
approvingly2262113approvingly
gallingly1435853__gallingly
alarmingly1643244a_larmingly
amazingly2444134a_ma_zingly
appareling1543424appareling__
apparelling1652434apparelling__
apparently1753794appa_rently
appealing1446494appealing__
appetizingly2981244appetizingly
applying1634654app_lying__
calmingly1745614__calmingly
chillingly1943364_chillingly
compellingly2251994compellingly
darlingly1436044__darlingly
drawlingly1843294_drawlingly
failingly1636124__failingly
haltingly1645694__haltingly
killingly1744834__killingly
lollingly1345344__lollingly
pallidly1444064__palli_dly
palling104024484__palling__
pantingly1537854__pantingly
paralyzingly305984paralyzingly
passingly1545784__passingly
plyingly1734504__p_lyingly
pratingly1538364_pra_tingly
prattlingly1752244_prattlingly
pulingly1436804__p_ulingly
puzzlingly2441884_puzzlingly
rappelling1544364rappelling__
spalling113213464_spalling__
sparingly1537284_spa_ringly
tellingly1345424__tellingly
thrillingly1851714thrillingly
unappealingly2161654unappealingly
unfailingly1853184unfailingly
unwillingly1852714unwillingly
wailingly1635514__wailingly
willingly1645394__willingly
yappingly2043794yapp___ingly

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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819448.32617874.0
3Display Results44440.0301466.7
 (SQL Overall)178691448.77920354.4
 
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