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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 “hopefully” 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.

32 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
hopefully204369(None) 
dolefully1643982dolefully
hatefully1844772hatefully
hopeful1545902hopefu_l_
hopefuls1644062hopefu_ls
woefully1744182wo_efully
balefully1744503balefully
banefully1744773banefully
carefully1745083carefully
direfully1644783direfully
doomfully1852853doomfully
easefully1544723easefully
fatefully1844753fatefully
forcefully2153173forcefully
gleefully1643133gleefully
harmfully2043333harmfully
heedfully1943153heedfully
helpfully2052703helpfully
hurtfully1843653hurtfully
irefully1445943_irefully
joyfully2442833jo_yfully
powerfully2152543powerfully
ruefully1445223_ruefully
shamefully2153123shamefully
songfully1643523songfully
soulfully1543853soulfully
toilfully1543183toilfully
topfull1244153top_full_
tunefully1543893tunefully
usefully1444593_usefully
wakefully2243483wakefully
wofully1644523wo__fully

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 Filter1786911486410.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit148641327.34320242.5
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.53223724.2
 
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