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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 “forwardly” 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.

28 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
forwardly194275(None) 
frowardly1962301frowardly
cowardly1744092co_wardly
forward1438292forward__
forwarded1743942forwarded
forwarder1644132forwarder
forwards1537042forward_s
towardly1543652to_wardly
awkwardly2351643awkwardly
dotardly1343843do_tardly
downwardly2151563downwardly
forcedly1744803for_cedly
forkedly1944323for_kedly
forlornly1551683forlornly
formably1846663forma_bly
formally1638243forma_lly
formerly1645003former_ly
forrarder1343623forrarder
forwarders1743443forwarders
forwardest1753443forwardest
forwarding1843493forwarding
friarly13316213f_riar_ly
froward1436673froward__
inwardly1543783_inwardly
leewardly16102103leewardly
outwardly1643063outwardly
upwardly1742793_upwardly
waywardly2251883waywardly

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641287.22020587.4
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691287.65623340.0
 
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