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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 “safely” 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.

40 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
safely1224939(None) 
safety12206911safety
sagely102811381sagely
sanely93114611sanely
barely114716792barely
basely114412312basely
daftly1335442daftly
gamely124711912gamely
lamely114013222lamely
lanely93914482lanely
lately93413842lately
namely113711322namely
palely11311932palely
rarely93513652rarely
rifely123710032rifely
sadly94519122sa_dly
safe75930952safe__
safer84721812safe_r
safes85226722safe_s
safest95016602safest
sally85129712sa_lly
saveloy1334662saveloy
sawfly1535132sawfly
seely84522632s_eely
shapely1536892shapely
softly12457762softly
solely93714212solely
sorely94618012sorely
sparely123410672sparely
stalely1039212stalely
stately10310222stately
steely93612572steely
suavely1376492suavely
surely93816462surely
tamely113711952tamely
unsafely1454412unsafely
wafery15398702wafery
waffly18305432waffly
wifely15429422wifely
yarely122810302yarely

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551402.64031269.3
3Display Results40400.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691403.00059563.7
 
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