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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 “friendly” 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.

66 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
friendly154437(None) 
friend10388932friend__
friended1335032friended
friendlily1751292friendlily
friends11396742friend_s
frigidly1643122frigidly
unfriendly1752482unfriendly
alienly1037503alien_ly
ardently1247453ardently
aridly105513703ari__dly
blindly1335743bli_ndly
briefly1534573brie_fly
brindle104210103bri_ndle
crinkly16387523cri_nkly
fadedly1535453fade_dly
faintly1337083fai_ntly
feignedly1742213feignedly
fervently1845133fervently
fiddly14328483f_i_ddly
fiend95312983f_iend__
fiends104110293f_iend_s
fierily1339023f_ierily
finely123011563f_i_nely
firefly1635633fire_fly
fixedly2133903f_ixedly
fluently1445133fluently
fondly13299043f__ondly
forcedly1744793force_dly
forkedly1944313forke_dly
frankly17315633fr_ankly
freckly19124593fr_eckly
freely12310953fr_e_ely
frenula1045623fr_enula
frenzily2343733fr_enzily
frenzy2135883fr_en_zy
freshly16286833fr_eshly
friarly13316213fri_arly
fried95322913frie_d__
friending1495553friending
friendless1442543friendless
friendlier1441823friendlier
friendlies1442933friendlies
frilly124111443fri__lly
fringy13309263fri_n_gy
friskily1834503friskily
frizzily2253143frizzily
frizzly21455793fri_zzly
frozenly2343123frozen_ly
grandly1238743gr_andly
greenfly1554083greenfly
greenly11408183green_ly
kindly14358843_ki_ndly
priestly1345833priestly
redly94217193_r_e_dly
riantly1037613_riantly
rigidly1235533_rigidly
rindy95717393_ri_nd_y
roundly1136723_roundly
spindly13257383spi_ndly
tiredly1136793tire_dly
trendily1256443tr_endily
trendy10469603tr_end_y
trindle83311363tri_ndle
urgently1245623urgently
variedly1544743varie_dly
wrinkly17295753wri_nkly

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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162669.65615136.9
3Display Results66660.0135076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691669.82518187.4
 
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