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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 “direfully” 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.

46 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
direfully164478(None) 
irefully1445941_irefully
carefully1745082carefully
direful1156612direfu_l_
dolefully1643982dolefully
aimfully1644063ai_mfully
artfully1445403_artfully
balefully1744503balefully
banefully1744773banefully
brimfully1943283brimfully
dareful1157053darefu_l_
directly1455303dire_ctly
direly10311563dire___ly
dirgeful1343253dirgefu_l_
doomfully1852853doomfully
dreadfully1852793d_readfully
dreamfully1952713d_reamfully
dutifully1643903dutifully
easefully1544723easefully
fatefully1844753fatefully
firefly1635633firef__ly
fitfully1744993fi_tfully
forcefully2153173forcefully
fretfully1844303_fretfully
gleefully1643133gleefully
guilefully1752823guilefully
harmfully2043333harmfully
hatefully1844773hatefully
hopefully2043703hopefully
hurtfully1843653hurtfully
ireful948713_irefu_l_
mindfully1843463mindfully
mirthfully2152673mirthfully
pitifully1744213pitifully
pridefully1953293pridefully
ruefully1445223_ruefully
sinfully1445613si_nfully
spitefully1853573spitefully
tunefully1543893tunefully
usefully1444593_usefully
wakefully2243483wakefully
wilfully1743753wi_lfully
willfully1843073willfully
wishfully2143443wishfully
wistfully1844213wistfully
woefully1744183_woefully

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641467.12620859.0
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691467.55923639.5
 
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