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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 “fourthly” 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.

37 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
fourthly174252(None) 
courtly1256922court_ly
fourth12357442fourth__
fourths13374952fourth_s
churchly2142973churchly
courtesy1364973courtesy
curtly1149283_curt_ly
dourly103210433dour__ly
earthly13387383_earthly
faultily1474523faultily
fifthly1943093f_ifthly
forth116222673fo_rth__
fortify1636523fo_rtify
forty114824273fo_rt__y
forwhy1834423fo_rwh_y
foully1239013fou__lly
fourchee1645383fourchee
fourfold1542213fourfold
fourteen1144503fourteen
fruitily1445143fruitily
furrily1337613f_urrily
further1337003f_urther
fustily133111373f_ustily
goutily1137933gou_tily
hourly12369623hour__ly
loathly1334713lo_athly
monthly1535673mo_nthly
mouthily1645903mou_thily
mouthy14409063mou_th_y
outfly1238273_ou_tfly
portly114713403po_rt_ly
roughly14507293rou_ghly
soothly13186923so_othly
sourly93612213sour__ly
toughly14487433tou_ghly
worthily1745253wo_rthily
worthy15598803wo_rth_y

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 Filter1786911461620.483369960.7
2DLD Change Limit146162376.36022981.4
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691376.85926052.0
 
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