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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forwidely” 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.

49 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
widely13331103(None) 
wifely15429421wifely
wisely122711711wisely
cicely1338832cicely
diddly12389572diddly
direly10311552direly
fiddly14328482fiddly
finely123011562finely
idly85617322_id_ly
likely13328132likely
lively123310812lively
nicely1139492nicely
nudely10299032nudely
piddly13319142piddly
ridley10169542ridley
rifely123710032rifely
ripely112511152ripely
rudely10389972rudely
snidely1136802snidely
tiddly11308782tiddly
tidily102811392tidily
timely113410112timely
twiddly15233772twiddly
vilely1239442vilely
waddly14478722waddly
wedel94513952wedel_
wedeln10326692wedeln
wedels103811032wedels
whitely16346472whitely
widdle113814842widdle
widdy136112182wid_dy
wide85235402wide__
widen94717972wide_n
widens106212722widens
wider94826352wide_r
wides94832822wide_s
widest104517002widest
wield95213912wi_eld
wieldy13476182wi_eldy
wifey144913672wife_y
wiggly14559682wiggly
wildly13328122wildly
wilily123310762wilily
willy115321912wi_lly
wily106428812wi__ly
windily1437942windily
winery125014282winery
winey115325432wine_y
wirily123310782wirily

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1061685764.2
2DLD Change Limit82551492.39334496.9
3Display Results49490.0133769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691492.51271135.0