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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 “possibly” 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.

64 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
possibly154448(None) 
possible1245811possible
bossily1237562bossi_ly
impossibly1953372impossibly
passably1537252passably
passible1237692passible
possibler1343012possibler
cosily113613853co_si_ly
cousinly1345933cousinly
dossil75110903dossi_l_
dossils8669773dossi_ls
feasibly1644743feasibly
flossily1434523flossi_ly
forcibly1843863forcibly
fossil9379353fossi_l_
fossils10379013fossi_ls
fusibly1535863_fusibly
fussily13267603fussi_ly
gassily1137813gassi_ly
glossily1235093glossi_ly
gossipry1441903gossipry
gossipy1343953gossi_py
horribly16114313horribly
horsily1338843horsi_ly
impassibly1954333impassibly
impossible1654373impossible
kissably1744073kissably
lousily1038333lousi_ly
messily12298813messi_ly
mousily1239393mousi_ly
mussily12279773mussi_ly
noisily1038403noisi_ly
nosily93712683no_si_ly
ossicle944483_ossicle
ossify1244973_ossi_fy
passable12310633passable
passingly1545783passingly
passively1744613passively
peskily1635083peski_ly
plausibly1643113plausibly
pockily1846233pocki_ly
podgily1435213podgi_ly
pokily15309063po_ki_ly
popishly1844193popishly
popsicle1443653popsicle
portably1539313portably
posable112212783po_sable
poshly1437723po_s_hly
posingly1436933posingly
possibility1855823possibility
possiblest1443213possiblest
postally13310273postally
postboy1476673po_stboy
prissily1346693prissi_ly
prosily12611633prosi_ly
pursily1238213pursi_ly
pushily15247983pushi_ly
pussly11407373puss__ly
risibly1235643_risibly
rosily93914713ro_si_ly
sassily1038723sassi_ly
sensibly1345593sensibly
tensibly1345143tensibly
visibly1535043_visibly

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 Limit146162646.64322002.4
3Display Results64640.0134923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691647.07625253.1
 
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