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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 “balefully” 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.

43 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
balefully174450(None) 
banefully1744771banefully
baleful1238002balefu_l_
bashfully2043842bashfully
blamefully2052972blamefully
carefully1745082carefully
dolefully1643982dolefully
easefully1544722easefully
fatefully1844752fatefully
hatefully1844772hatefully
wakefully2243482wakefully
aimfully1644063_aimfully
artfully1445403_artfully
awfully1644003_a_wfully
baneful1237893banefu_l_
boastfully1853313boastfully
brimfully1943283brimfully
direfully1644783direfully
gainfully1643933gainfully
gleefully1643133gleefully
gracefully1954143gracefully
gratefully1744453gratefully
guilefully1752823guilefully
harmfully2043333harmfully
helpfully2052703helpfully
hopefully2043703hopefully
irefully1445943_irefully
lawfully1743503la_wfully
manfully1645653ma_nfully
painfully1744193painfully
peacefully2053723peacefully
playfully2043213playfully
ruefully1445223_ruefully
shamefully2153123shamefully
tactfully1744343tactfully
tastefully1653483tastefully
tunefully1543893tunefully
usefully1444593_usefully
wailfully1843163wailfully
wastefully1943433wastefully
wilfully1743753wil_fully
willfully1843073willfully
woefully1744183_woefully

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641436.68622231.7
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691437.12225090.0
 
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