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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 “lousily” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
lousily103833(None) 
blousily1345191blousily
mousily1239391mousily
blowsily1643952blowsily
bossily1237562bossily
busily112211502_busily
cloudily1444282cloudily
cosily113613852co_sily
cousinly1345932cousinly
crusily12199092crusily
flossily1434522flossily
glossily1235092glossily
goutily1137932goutily
horsily1338842horsily
loftily1336352loftily
logily1039832lo_gily
loonily1037072loonily
loopily1236802loopily
loosely1036712loosely
loudly1037782lou_dly
lousier72411622lousier
lousing83817732lousing
lousy84617082lous__y
lowlily1335352lowlily
lushly12247342l_ushly
lustily103611242l_ustily
noisily1038402noisily
nosily93712682no_sily
rosily93914712ro_sily
roupily1246652roupily

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671302.87637437.8
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691303.26254779.6
 
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