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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forfrowardly” 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.

22 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
frowardly196230(None) 
forwardly1942751forwardly
cowardly1744092_cowardly
froward1436672froward__
towardly1543652_towardly
awkwardly2351643awkwardly
broadly1337153bro_a_dly
crowdedly1942303crowdedly
dotardly1343843_dotardly
flowerily1842993flowerily
forward1438293forward__
forwarded1743943forwarded
forwarder1644133forwarder
forwards1537043forward_s
friarly13316213fr_iar_ly
frowzily2642673frow_zily
inwardly1543783_inwardly
leewardly16102103leewardly
outwardly1643063outwardly
untowardly1751663untowardly
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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641226.90621523.5
3Display Results22220.0161375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691227.35824285.3