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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 “mournful” 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.

28 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
mournful134250(None) 
moanful12105002mo_anful
mournfully1852272mournfully
mouthful1643572mouthful
doubtful1442943doubtful
forkful1744773fo_rkful
formful1545183fo_rmful
houseful1445483houseful
hurtful1344853_hurtful
journal1484963journ_al
manful11610213m__anful
moistful1343853moistful
mourn77215013mourn___
mourned1037763mourn_ed
mourner938093mourn_er
mourners1036913mourners
mournfuller1661023mournfuller
mourning1156793mourning
mourns84111013mourn__s
mouthfuls1742893mouthfuls
mugful1235403m_u_gful
museful1245893m_useful
odourful1251713odour_ful
poutful1236743pou_tful
scornful1343333scornful
soulful1045293sou_lful
sourceful1452353sourceful
youthful1742973youthful

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162287.39319770.3
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691287.82622833.0
 
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