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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 “sorrily” 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.

29 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
sorrily103983(None) 
cornily12410852cornily
furrily1337612furrily
gorily10612502go_rily
hoarily1338972hoarily
hornily1338282hornily
horribly16114312horribly
horridly15114792horridly
horrify1635022horrify
horsily1338842horsily
merrily1238632merrily
scarily12311702scarily
soapily1237962soapily
soggily1235952soggily
sootily101810522sootily
sordidly1344662sordidly
sorely94618012so_rely
sorority1146902sorority
sorrel6413552sorrel_
sorrels7310722sorrels
sorrier72313732sorrier
sorry84618252sorr__y
sourly93612212sour_ly
sportily1337732sportily
stormily1345242stormily
surlily10310002surlily
torridly1284472torridly
torrify1335012torrify
wordily1437852wordily

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671293.09334811.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691293.49951069.2
 
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