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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 “selfishly” 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.

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
selfishly184363(None) 
elfishly1743501_elfishly
elvishly1743312_elvishly
hellishly1843572hellishly
selfish1388512selfish__
unselfishly2051462unselfishly
wolfishly2143022wolfishly
beamishly1973343beamishly
bearishly1774293bearishly
bullishly1744083bullishly
coltishly1744213coltishly
cultishly1744073cultishly
dollishly1643683dollishly
doltishly1643383doltishly
dullishly1643383dullishly
elfish1267963_elfish__
hennishly1843003hennishly
huffishly2442613huffishly
mulishly1644893mul_ishly
oafishly1754093_oafishly
offishly2063613_offishly
owlishly1743593owl_ishly
peckishly2342673peckishly
peevishly2042873peevishly
pettishly1743333pettishly
raffishly2143303raffishly
selflessly1642623selflessly
serfish1348973serfish__
sheepishly2152363sheepishly
sickishly2143263sickishly
slavishly1843243slavishly
sniffishly2251873sniffishly
sottishly1543763sottishly
stylishly1843513stylishly
sweetishly1952103sweetishly
swinishly1843383swinishly
weakishly2243043weakishly

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641376.86021667.8
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691377.31224438.0
 
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