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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 “lawyerly” 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.

33 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
lawyerly174214(None) 
latterly1136062latterly
lawyer12386972lawyer__
lawyered1534032lawyered
lawyers13377152lawyer_s
angerly1137773_angerly
badgerly1543283badgerly
bankerly1744333bankerly
dapperly1643003dapperly
eagerly1136053ea_gerly
easterly11246643easterly
fatherly1745073fatherly
lamely114013223la_me_ly
lanely93914483la_ne_ly
largely1136703large_ly
lately93413843la_te_ly
lathery133911123lather_y
lawfully1743503lawfully
lawlessly1542813lawlessly
lawyering1655213lawyering
lawyerlike2051503lawyerlike
layer84626473la_yer__
layered11259413la_yered
layers93921183la_yer_s
limberly1544463limberly
loverly1346973l_overly
lowery124112713low_er_y
lubberly1543663lubberly
lumberly1544683lumberly
mannerly1344983mannerly
masterly13317653masterly
sawyer12438043sawyer__
sawyers13317533sawyer_s

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 Filter1786911461620.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit146162337.65619091.2
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.84522777.7
 
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