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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpreviously” 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.

21 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
previously188587(None) 
preciously1746981preciously
deviously1645512_deviously
previous1337832previous__
egregiously1673673egregiously
enviously1545893_enviously
graciously1646183graciously
grievously1753543griev_ously
imperviously2253103imperviously
nervously1545053nerv_ously
obviously1744773_obviously
perilously1546433perilously
pervious1337543pervious__
piously1236833p___iously
precariously1954133precariously
precious12310593precious__
preciouses1446883preciouses
precociously2153963precociously
seriously1248383_seriously
speciously1746343speciously
tediously1345873_tediously

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603216.76620780.8
3Display Results21210.0161312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691217.20524801.0