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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 “nicely” 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.

36 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
nicely113949(None) 
cicely1338831cicely
nicety1138431nicety
dicey114819332dice_y
direly10311562direly
fickly18318532fickly
finely123011562finely
icily101211692_icily
likely13328132likely
lively123310812lively
micell1098192micell
naively1335902naively
namely113711322namely
nice65534722nice__
nicer74618292nice_r
nicest82315662nicest
nickel123811342nickel_
nickels13338652nickels
nickle123814482nickle
nicol71113292nicol_
nicols8810242nicols
niggly11418912niggly
nimbly13388772nimbly
ninety9510962ninety
nitery94412172nitery
nudely10299032nudely
richly1438012richly
rifely123710032rifely
ripely112511152ripely
sickly153110482sickly
snidely1136812snidely
timely113410112timely
vilely1239442vilely
widely133311032widely
wifely15429422wifely
wisely122711712wisely

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551362.25036689.3
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691362.60968490.2
 
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