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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 “shadily” 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.

32 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
shadily143772(None) 
shadfly1733781shadfly
shakily1736901shakily
beadily1378842beadily
charily15310282charily
handily143610872_handily
hardily143310272_hardily
hazily2179062_hazily
headily1478622headily
readily11711402readily
sadly94519122s_ad_ly
scarily12311702scarily
seedily1178582seedily
shabbily1873902shabbily
shadier113111152shadier
shading123115562shading
shadowily1982022shadowily
shadowy1744722shadowy
shady125416512shad__y
shaggily1643772shaggily
shaly114322862sha__ly
shapely1536892shapely
sharply15406832sharply
shily115222012sh__ily
shinily13268932shinily
shoddily1643572shoddily
showily1636222showily
snakily1436912snakily
soapily1237962soapily
stagily1139052stagily
staidly1136682staidly
steadily1236212steadily

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671323.84328017.4
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691324.24942054.8
 
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