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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “likely” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
likely	13	32	813	(None)
lively	12	33	1081	1	lively
cicely	13	3	883	2	cicely
dikey	13	51	1642	2	dike_y
direly	10	3	1156	2	direly
finely	12	30	1156	2	finely
lamely	11	40	1322	2	lamely
lanely	9	39	1448	2	lanely
lately	9	34	1384	2	lately
libel	7	41	1610	2	libel_
libels	8	51	1269	2	libels
liefly	12	6	636	2	liefly
like	8	60	4085	2	like__
liked	10	45	2381	2	like_d
liken	9	118	1884	2	like_n
likens	10	56	1370	2	likens
liker	9	56	2706	2	like_r
likers	10	46	2091	2	likers
likes	9	62	3190	2	like_s
likest	10	49	1438	2	likest
lily	7	67	3019	2	li__ly
limey	10	47	2104	2	lime_y
limply	13	38	1003	2	limply
lineny	9	40	1144	2	lineny
liney	8	70	2963	2	line_y
lithely	13	5	664	2	lithely
livery	12	49	1090	2	livery
lonely	9	29	1247	2	lonely
lovely	12	33	971	2	lovely
nicely	11	3	949	2	nicely
rifely	12	37	1003	2	rifely
ripely	11	25	1115	2	ripely
timely	11	34	1011	2	timely
unlikely	15	4	382	2	unlikely
vilely	12	3	944	2	vilely
widely	13	33	1103	2	widely
wifely	15	42	942	2	wifely
wisely	12	27	1171	2	wisely
agilely	11	3	512	3	agilely
airily	9	30	1482	3	airily
akela	9	3	1134	3	_akela
alienly	10	3	750	3	alienly
alike	9	55	2396	3	alike__
alpinely	13	4	434	3	alpinely
bakery	15	59	1100	3	bakery
barely	11	47	1679	3	barely
basely	11	44	1231	3	basely
bialy	10	51	1932	3	bi_aly
bield	8	46	1465	3	bi_eld
bigly	11	48	1475	3	bi_gly
bike	10	65	3261	3	bike__
biked	12	53	2003	3	bike_d
biker	11	60	2256	3	bike_r
bikers	12	45	1755	3	bikers
bikes	11	75	2947	3	bike_s
bikeway	19	4	431	3	bikeway
billy	10	55	2536	3	bi_lly
blimey	13	46	845	3	blime_y
blindly	13	3	574	3	blindly
blithely	16	10	403	3	blithely
bluely	11	33	1008	3	bluely
cakey	14	55	1727	3	cake_y
closely	12	3	705	3	closely
comely	13	42	1373	3	comely
crikey	15	31	778	3	crike_y
cutely	11	53	1280	3	cutely
dicey	11	48	1933	3	dice_y
dickey	16	59	1352	3	dicke_y
diddly	12	38	957	3	diddly
diel	5	90	3461	3	di_el_
dike	9	59	3577	3	dike__
diked	11	50	2468	3	dike_d
diker	10	55	2455	3	dike_r
dikers	11	44	1879	3	dikers
dikes	10	58	3133	3	dike_s
dilly	9	49	2378	3	di_lly
dimly	11	49	1348	3	di_mly
dimply	14	33	974	3	dimply
dinkey	14	48	1276	3	dinke_y
dinkly	14	43	1108	3	dinkly
dioecy	12	3	554	3	dioecy
dykey	16	60	867	3	dyke_y
eely	7	77	2521	3	__eely
fakery	16	50	926	3	fakery
fakey	15	55	1542	3	fake_y
felinely	14	4	595	3	felinely
fickly	18	31	853	3	fickly
fiddly	14	32	848	3	fiddly
field	9	50	1532	3	fi_eld
fiery	11	47	1479	3	fi_ery
filly	11	44	2490	3	fi_lly
finery	12	45	1289	3	finery
firefly	16	3	563	3	firefly
firmly	14	3	666	3	firmly
fitly	11	51	1497	3	fi_tly
fixedly	21	3	391	3	fixedly
flakey	16	44	1051	3	flake_y
flakily	17	3	629	3	flakily
flickery	20	36	510	3	flickery
flukey	16	45	981	3	fluke_y
flukily	17	3	521	3	flukily
freely	12	3	1096	3	freely
gamely	12	47	1191	3	gamely
giggly	12	51	870	3	giggly
gilly	9	43	2163	3	gi_lly
gimel	8	3	1335	3	gimel_
gimels	9	3	889	3	gimels
gingely	12	37	821	3	gingely
girly	9	44	1529	3	gi_rly
glibly	12	3	629	3	gli_bly
hickey	18	50	1199	3	hicke_y
highly	16	3	682	3	highly
hike	11	68	3040	3	hike__
hiked	13	59	1920	3	hike_d
hiker	12	51	1939	3	hike_r
hikers	13	50	1435	3	hikers
hikes	12	54	2698	3	hike_s
hilly	11	44	2216	3	hi_lly
hiply	13	41	1361	3	hi_ply
hokey	15	54	2218	3	hoke_y
hokily	16	40	909	3	hokily
homely	14	53	1318	3	homely
hugely	13	3	680	3	hugely
icily	10	12	1169	3	_icily
ickily	15	3	575	3	ickily
idly	8	56	1733	3	_i_dly
illy	7	69	2533	3	_i_lly
imply	12	49	1184	3	_imply
inly	7	56	2221	3	_i_nly
jiggly	18	37	871	3	jiggly
jimply	20	39	748	3	jimply
jingly	17	41	1193	3	jingly
jivey	18	51	1187	3	jive_y
jokey	19	50	1469	3	joke_y
jokily	20	30	653	3	jokily
kelly	12	46	1702	3	__kelly
kelp	10	53	2281	3	__kelp
kelpy	14	51	1068	3	__kelpy
kelt	8	53	4320	3	__kelt
key	10	58	3334	3	__ke_y
kike	7	65	2480	3	kike__
kikes	8	51	2256	3	kike_s
kindly	14	35	885	3	kindly
kingly	14	35	1130	3	kingly
kinkily	13	3	522	3	kinkily
label	7	50	1938	3	label_
labels	8	45	1568	3	labels
lacey	10	58	2091	3	lace_y
lacily	11	6	1276	3	lacily
lackey	15	48	1335	3	lacke_y
lairdly	11	3	491	3	lairdly
laithly	13	3	565	3	laithly
lake	8	57	4160	3	lake__
laked	10	57	3112	3	lake_d
laker	9	54	3287	3	lake_r
lakers	10	52	2515	3	lakers
lakes	9	57	3765	3	lake_s
laky	11	67	2582	3	lak__y
lankily	14	3	712	3	lankily
lankly	13	43	962	3	lankly
lapel	7	37	1668	3	lapel_
lapels	8	37	1204	3	lapels
largely	11	3	670	3	largely
lastly	9	33	1087	3	lastly
laxly	15	6	1010	3	l_axly
lazily	18	5	971	3	lazily
leakily	14	3	647	3	leakily
leally	9	40	1261	3	leally
leanly	9	38	1150	3	leanly
leery	8	59	1913	3	l_eery
leke	8	55	2740	3	leke__
level	8	41	1655	3	level_
levelly	13	3	585	3	levelly
levels	9	41	1328	3	levels
levy	10	64	1850	3	l__evy
lewdly	13	3	440	3	lewdly
ley	6	62	4681	3	l__e_y
liable	8	14	1581	3	liable
libeled	10	24	941	3	libeled
libelee	9	25	1098	3	libelee
libeler	9	21	900	3	libeler
liber	7	47	2362	3	libe_r
libers	8	47	2144	3	libers
liberty	12	3	716	3	liberty
lice	6	60	4507	3	lice__
lichtly	15	25	552	3	lichtly
licitly	12	27	667	3	licitly
licked	13	46	2156	3	licke_d
licker	12	52	2204	3	licke_r
lickers	13	41	1825	3	lickers
lie	3	82	6453	3	li_e__
lied	5	58	3810	3	li_e_d
lief	7	60	3700	3	li_e_f
liege	6	53	1443	3	li_ege
lien	4	53	3981	3	li_e_n
liens	5	65	2550	3	li_ens
lier	4	59	4247	3	li_e_r
liers	5	51	3040	3	li_ers
lies	4	64	5420	3	li_e_s
lieu	4	65	3437	3	li_e_u
lieus	5	62	1848	3	li_eus
lieve	8	63	1547	3	li_eve
life	7	54	3374	3	life__
lifer	8	58	2215	3	life_r
lifers	9	56	1784	3	lifers
lifeway	16	4	427	3	lifeway
liger	6	50	2447	3	lige_r
ligers	7	50	2204	3	ligers
lightly	14	36	902	3	lightly
ligula	7	35	967	3	ligula
ligule	7	40	1083	3	ligule
likable	13	21	941	3	likable
likeable	14	16	647	3	likeable
likelier	12	3	528	3	likelier
likened	12	26	735	3	likened
liking	11	43	1958	3	liking
likuta	10	3	421	3	likuta
lilo	4	67	3157	3	li__lo
lilt	4	63	4995	3	li__lt
limberly	15	4	446	3	limberly
limby	12	57	1407	3	li_mby
lime	6	62	4494	3	lime__
limed	8	54	2680	3	lime_d
limen	7	54	2603	3	lime_n
limens	8	46	1803	3	limens
limes	7	56	3650	3	lime_s
limeys	11	42	927	3	limeys
limpsy	13	51	684	3	limpsy
limuli	8	3	634	3	limuli
limy	9	57	2772	3	li__my
lindy	9	69	1832	3	li_ndy
line	4	69	6558	3	line__
lineal	6	56	1603	3	lineal
lineally	11	3	779	3	lineally
linear	6	51	1334	3	linear
linearly	11	4	679	3	linearly
lined	6	49	3464	3	line_d
linen	5	57	2872	3	line_n
linens	6	48	1839	3	linens
liner	5	59	3892	3	line_r
liners	6	54	2885	3	liners
lines	5	70	5457	3	line_s
lineup	8	3	598	3	lineup
lingy	9	69	2514	3	li_ngy
linkboy	16	4	317	3	linkboy
linked	11	45	1821	3	linke_d
linker	10	43	2147	3	linke_r
linkers	11	43	1771	3	linkers
linky	12	76	2238	3	li_nky
linsey	9	3	899	3	linsey
lintel	6	40	1399	3	lintel_
lintels	7	33	1116	3	lintels
linty	8	71	2656	3	li_nty
liny	7	81	4133	3	li__ny
lipe	6	68	3974	3	lipe__
lippy	12	45	1190	3	li_ppy
liquefy	22	4	301	3	liquefy
lire	4	78	4530	3	lire__
lisle	5	39	1672	3	li_sle
lisles	6	34	1628	3	lisles
listel	6	42	1474	3	listel_
listels	7	42	1243	3	listels
litany	9	3	905	3	litany
lite	4	70	5455	3	lite__
liter	5	47	3634	3	lite_r
liters	6	54	2988	3	liters
littery	10	37	1049	3	littery
little	6	33	1216	3	little
live	7	65	4100	3	live__
lived	9	55	2372	3	live_d
livelily	14	4	410	3	livelily
liven	8	50	2173	3	live_n
livens	9	43	1489	3	livens
liver	8	51	3296	3	live_r
livers	9	49	2782	3	livers
lives	8	61	3319	3	live_s
livest	9	53	1573	3	livest
lividly	14	3	478	3	lividly
logily	10	3	983	3	logily
lolly	8	51	2066	3	l_olly
longly	10	27	960	3	longly
looey	8	48	2291	3	looe_y
loosely	10	3	672	3	loosely
lordly	10	3	875	3	lordly
losel	5	44	1942	3	losel_
losels	6	47	1459	3	losels
loudly	10	3	778	3	loudly
loverly	13	4	697	3	loverly
lowery	12	41	1271	3	lowery
lowly	11	41	1333	3	l_owly
luckily	16	29	708	3	luckily
lushly	12	24	734	3	lushly
lyingly	14	11	526	3	lyingly
manlikely	18	4	205	3	~~man~~likely
meekly	15	3	519	3	meekly
merely	11	13	1259	3	merely
micell	10	9	819	3	micell
mickey	17	42	1185	3	micke_y
mike	10	55	3530	3	mike__
miked	12	50	2045	3	mike_d
mikes	11	51	2989	3	mike_s
mildly	12	31	824	3	mildly
milkily	16	21	655	3	milkily
mirkily	16	26	640	3	mirkily
miserly	12	32	982	3	miserly
misery	11	41	1354	3	misery
misrely	12	31	961	3	misrely
mixedly	20	3	398	3	mixedly
mizzly	19	25	610	3	mizzly
mutely	11	38	1165	3	mutely
naively	13	3	590	3	naively
nakedly	15	3	440	3	nakedly
namely	11	37	1132	3	namely
nicety	11	3	843	3	nicety
nickel	12	38	1134	3	nickel_
nickels	13	33	865	3	nickels
niggly	11	41	891	3	niggly
nimbly	13	38	877	3	nimbly
ninety	9	5	1096	3	ninety
nitery	9	44	1217	3	nitery
nudely	10	29	903	3	nudely
oilily	9	31	1172	3	oilily
oily	7	79	3226	3	oi__ly
palely	11	3	1193	3	palely
piddly	13	31	914	3	piddly
piety	10	58	1730	3	pi_ety
pike	10	63	3522	3	pike__
piked	12	56	2331	3	pike_d
piker	11	56	2284	3	pike_r
pikers	12	47	1739	3	pikers
pikes	11	50	3103	3	pike_s
pily	9	61	3274	3	pi__ly
pimply	15	32	921	3	pimply
pinery	11	52	1429	3	pinery
piney	10	57	2750	3	pine_y
pinkey	15	43	1467	3	pinke_y
pinkly	15	50	1224	3	pinkly
pixel	14	39	1190	3	pixel_
pixels	15	47	853	3	pixels
pliably	14	14	738	3	pliably
pokey	14	53	1897	3	poke_y
pokily	15	30	906	3	pokily
politely	13	4	709	3	politely
primely	14	5	772	3	primely
purely	11	40	1363	3	purely
rarely	9	35	1365	3	rarely
rekey	12	40	1473	3	reke_y
rely	7	54	2895	3	__rely
richly	14	3	801	3	richly
rickety	16	47	831	3	rickety
rickey	15	46	1397	3	ricke_y
ridley	10	16	954	3	ridley
riel	4	64	3239	3	ri_el_
riels	5	51	2133	3	ri_els
riley	8	44	2058	3	rile_y
ripply	13	34	800	3	ripply
riskily	14	3	641	3	riskily
rudely	10	38	997	3	rudely
safely	12	24	939	3	safely
sagely	10	28	1138	3	sagely
sanely	9	31	1461	3	sanely
seely	8	45	2263	3	_seely
sickerly	17	3	403	3	sickerly
sickly	15	31	1048	3	sickly
sike	8	71	3879	3	sike__
siker	9	53	2603	3	sike_r
sikes	9	62	3608	3	sike_s
silkily	14	23	696	3	silkily
silly	8	45	2762	3	si_lly
simply	13	30	1052	3	simply
sinewy	12	66	751	3	sinewy
singly	10	40	1585	3	singly
skell	9	49	1583	3	_skell
skelm	11	42	1129	3	_skelm
skelp	11	42	1142	3	_skelp
skiey	12	50	1290	3	skie_y
sleekly	14	32	519	3	sleekly
slickly	16	3	585	3	slickly
slily	8	58	2003	3	sli__ly
slimily	12	4	771	3	slimily
slimly	11	40	890	3	sli_mly
slinkily	15	3	485	3	slinkily
snidely	11	3	681	3	snidely
solely	9	37	1421	3	solely
sorely	9	46	1801	3	sorely
spikey	15	54	1133	3	spike_y
spikily	16	3	587	3	spikily
steely	9	36	1257	3	steely
surely	9	38	1646	3	surely
tamely	11	37	1195	3	tamely
tiddly	11	30	878	3	tiddly
tidily	10	28	1139	3	tidily
tike	8	55	3449	3	tike__
tikes	9	56	2890	3	tike_s
tingly	10	38	1598	3	tingly
tinily	9	40	1443	3	tinily
tinkly	13	48	1115	3	tinkly
tiredly	11	3	680	3	tiredly
tritely	10	3	900	3	tritely
unlively	14	4	575	3	unlively
viably	14	19	983	3	viably
viewy	14	51	810	3	vi_ewy
vinery	12	49	1260	3	vinery
virelay	13	3	594	3	virelay
vixenly	20	4	319	3	vixenly
weekly	16	3	531	3	weekly
whitely	16	34	647	3	whitely
wickedly	21	4	279	3	wickedly
wield	9	52	1391	3	wi_eld
wieldy	13	47	618	3	wi_eldy
wifey	14	49	1367	3	wife_y
wiggly	14	55	968	3	wiggly
wildly	13	32	812	3	wildly
wilily	12	33	1076	3	wilily
willy	11	53	2191	3	wi_lly
wily	10	64	2882	3	wi__ly
winery	12	50	1428	3	winery
winey	11	53	2543	3	wine_y
wirily	12	33	1078	3	wirily
yarely	12	28	1030	3	yarely
yield	9	51	969	3	yi_eld
yikes	12	51	1775	3	yike_s
yokel	12	48	1261	3	yokel_
yokels	13	48	806	3	yokels

Search took 7 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	112716	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	112716	424	5.653	19939.1
3	Display Results	424	424	0.160	2650.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	424	6.189	28872.4