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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 “windily” 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.

28 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
windily143794(None) 
dandily12279632dandily
dingily1238102dingily
giddily1335072giddily
handily143610872handily
kindly14358842kind_ly
kinkily1335222kinkily
tidily102811392ti_dily
tinily94014432tin_ily
tinnily1047362tinnily
weedily1476122weedily
widely133311032wi_dely
wildly13328122wild_ly
wilily123310762wi_lily
windier113412162windier
windigo12415952windigo
winding123517912winding
windingly1745322windingly
windle104617952wind_le
windmill14133512windmill
windowy1744642windowy
windway1745152windway
windy126118102wind__y
wintrily1445372wintrily
wirily123310782wi_rily
wispily1535652wispily
wittily1336172wittily
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 Filter1786911076710.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit107671282.93636672.7
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691283.34553420.3
 
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