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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 “fortnightly” 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.

25 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
fortnightly215123(None) 
forthrightly2561112forthrightly
fortnight1643792fortnight__
fortnights1752672fortnight_s
fortnightlies206663fortnightlies
outrightly1751923_outrightly
brightly1764554_br__ightly
downrightly226764downrightly
footlight16255274footlight__
footlights17144024footlight_s
foresight1645324foresight__
foresighted1952904foresighted
foresightedly24101384foresightedly
foresights1743754foresight_s
forthright2053244forthright__
forthrights2152224forthright_s
fortuity1465574fortui__t_y
knightly1953014___knightly
midnightly205934_midnightly
nightly14449034____nightly
rightly14389044__r__ightly
sprightly18133664spr__ightly
straightly1753114str_aightly
tightly14327614___t_ightly
uprightly18142404upr__ightly

Search took 10 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 Limit148819258.90616710.0
3Display Results25250.0131923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691259.34219127.7
 
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