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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 “guileful” 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.

32 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
guileful124331(None) 
guilefully1752822guilefully
baleful1238003_baleful
direful1156613_direful
doleful1146333_doleful
gainful1145833gai_nful
gleeful1144323g_leeful
graceful1445393graceful
grateful1245403grateful
guile64521133guile___
guiled84315383guile__d
guiles73919283guile__s
ireful948713__ireful
ladleful1243283ladleful
lifeful1344613_lifeful
museful1245893mu_seful
pailful1236103pail_ful
pailsful1343263pailsful
pipeful1445643_pipeful
prideful1443913prideful
rueful948203ru__eful
skilful1443933skil_ful
skillful1542443skillful
spiteful1344303spiteful
tableful1344183tableful
toilful1044813toil_ful
tuneful1046123tu_neful
useful947013_u_seful
voiceful1643053voiceful
wailful1344953wail_ful
wilful1235963_wil_ful
willful1344533_willful

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162327.20320291.8
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691327.60923484.2
 
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