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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 “unearthly” 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.

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
unearthly154315(None) 
earthly13387382__earthly
unearth1037062unearth__
unearthed1345572unearthed
unearths1144352unearth_s
cuneately1444153cunea_tely
deathly14336863_dea_thly
earthily1445613__earthily
earthy12399943__earth_y
heartily1436563_heartily
inearth1037043inearth__
inearthed1343623inearthed
inearths1144933inearth_s
inertly1038543ine_rt_ly
nearly94813733_near__ly
neatly93812483_nea_t_ly
peartly1267453_peart_ly
unaptly1244793un_apt_ly
unbearably1745113unbearably
uncouthly1742723uncouthly
uneagerly1343163uneagerly
unearthing1454373unearthing
unearthlier1451823unearthlier
uneasily1146453unea_sily
unhealthily2051423unhealthily
unhealthy1841943unhealth_y
unwarily1446363unwar_ily
unworthily1952193unworthily
unworthy1743133unworth_y

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641297.76319147.4
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691298.20221786.3
 
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