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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 “scarily” 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.

37 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
scarily1231170(None) 
scarify1537441scarify
cagily12411562_cagily
charily15310282charily
hoarily1338972hoarily
scabbily1763942scabbily
scaly104718722sca__ly
scantily1337582scantily
scantly12419552scantly
scarcely1534312scarcely
scarcity1545092scarcity
scarey115016982scar_ey
scarier94017872scarier
scaring103421972scaring
scarry116311182scar_ry
scary105222592scar__y
scorify1535202scorify
scrawly15197192scrawly
scurvily1643782scurvily
shadily1437722shadily
shakily1736902shakily
sharply15406832sharply
smarmily1543522smarmily
smartly12497432smartly
snakily1436912snakily
snarkily1534582snarkily
snarly93815002snar_ly
soapily1237962soapily
sorrily1039832sorrily
sparely123410672sparely
sparkily1735022sparkily
sparkly16348132sparkly
stagily1139052stagily
starkly14277032starkly
tearily10311152tearily
warily122915092_warily
wearily1338782wearily

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 Limit107671373.17333933.5
3Display Results37370.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691373.54650392.3
 
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