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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 “finally” 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.

32 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
finally1331010(None) 
anally9513502_anally
banally1249222banally
clinally1347232clinally
fatally1339892fatally
faunally1445432faunally
filially1447002filially
filly114424902fi__lly
finable122213622finable
finagle11238312finagle
final83922032fina_l_
finale94116762fina_le
finales104016012finales
finalis103313662finalis
finality1448342finality
finals94316162fina_ls
finely123011562fin_ely
finically1747952finically
fiscally1646072fiscally
focally15188552focally
fugally1435602fugally
lineally1137792lineally
misally121111062misally
penally121111772penally
signally1246532signally
spinally1338022spinally
tidally1137932tidally
tonally10311372tonally
venally13119562venally
virally1339652virally
vitally1339672vitally
zonally1938002zonally

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671322.89037256.4
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691323.26354762.8
 
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