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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 “harmfully” 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.

35 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
harmfully204333(None) 
aimfully1644062_aimfully
artfully1445402_artfully
carefully1745082carefully
harmful1535762harmfu_l_
hatefully1844772hatefully
hurtfully1843652hurtfully
armful1167163_armfu_l_
armfuls1275013_armfu_ls
awfully1644003_a_wfully
balefully1744503balefully
banefully1744773banefully
bashfully2043843bashfully
brimfully1943283brimfully
direfully1644783direfully
doomfully1852853doomfully
easefully1544723easefully
fatefully1844753fatefully
fearfully1843893fear_fully
gainfully1643933gainfully
ghastfully2052933ghastfully
heedfully1943153heedfully
helpfully2052703helpfully
hopefully2043703hopefully
irefully1445943_irefully
lawfully1743503la_wfully
manfully1645653ma_nfully
painfully1744193painfully
shamefully2153123shamefully
tactfully1744343tactfully
tearfully1544143tear_fully
thankfully2352283thankfully
wailfully1843163wailfully
wakefully2243483wakefully
wearifully1953093wearifully

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641356.93621430.4
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691357.37524229.3
 
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