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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 “foolishly” 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.

47 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
foolishly184376(None) 
bookishly2143342bookishly
boorishly1743632boorishly
dollishly1643682dollishly
foolish1339612foolish__
foolisher1544222foolisher
foppishly2242672foppishly
moonishly1743732moonishly
owlishly1743592_owlishly
boyishly1943663_boyishly
bullishly1744083bullishly
coltishly1744213coltishly
coolish12312523coolish__
doggishly1842893doggishly
doltishly1643383doltishly
donnishly1643333donnishly
dullishly1643383dullishly
faddishly2042923faddishly
fairishly1843573fairishly
fleshly16346093f__leshly
folksily1843443f_olksily
foolfish1744393foolfish__
foolfishes1943763foolfishes
foolishest1643853foolishest
footlessly1663313footlessly
ghoulishly2051753ghoulishly
girlishly1642863girlishly
goatishly1643383goatishly
hellishly1843573hellishly
hoggishly2042953hoggishly
loutishly1543743loutishly
mobbishly2142693mobbishly
modishly1744583_modishly
monkishly2143353monkishly
mopishly1864053_mopishly
mulishly1644893_mulishly
oafishly1754093_oafishly
offishly2063613_offishly
ogrishly1544033_ogrishly
popishly1844193_popishly
roguishly1642973roguishly
sottishly1543763sottishly
stylishly1843513stylishly
tonishly1445523_tonishly
voguishly1942683voguishly
whorishly2143043whorishly
wolfishly2143023wolfishly

Search took 7 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 Limit148641476.16024130.0
3Display Results47470.0301566.7
 (SQL Overall)178691476.61027033.4
 
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