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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 “knightly” 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.

35 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
knightly195301(None) 
nightly14449031_nightly
brightly1764552brightly
knight1438172knight__
knighted1745122knighted
knights1545652knight_s
lightly14369022_lightly
nighty135611272_night_y
rightly14389042_rightly
sightly14408272_sightly
slightly1544602slightly
tightly14327612_tightly
unsightly1643082unsightly
blighty16356843blight_y
eighthly1843703_eighthly
eighty133711603_eight_y
flightily1943353flightily
flighty17347433flight_y
highly1636823_high_ly
kingly143511303king__ly
knighting1844443knighting
lichtly15255523_lichtly
midnightly205933midnightly
mightily1744623_mightily
mighty154310203_might_y
niggly11418913_nig_gly
night94327853_night__
nightie1179653_nightie
nights104117723_night_s
ninthly1344213_ninthly
righty135011833_right_y
sprightly18133663sprightly
uprightly18142403uprightly
weightily1942463weightily
weighty17376233weight_y

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162356.65621959.4
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691357.09225196.1
 
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