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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 “observantly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
observantly195250(None) 
observably2052652observa_bly
observant1444462observant__
observants1553372observant_s
observingly2052472observingly
aberrantly1553203ab_errantly
obeisantly1552363ob_eisantly
observable1743343observa_ble
observance17124043observan_ce
observances18113833observances
observatory1952633observatory
operantly1444913o_per_antly
absently1345814abse___ntly
abstractly17123394abstr_actly
conservancy2154294conservan_cy
errantly1175794___errantly
fervently1845144__fervently
inobservant1651944inobservant__
obediently1653244ob_ediently
observability2353494observability
observables1852014observables
observation1665074observation
observing1544394observin__g
relevantly1653534rele_vantly
secantly1345984__se_cantly
servant10313634__servant__
servants1138004__servant_s
subserviently2161434subserviently
tolerantly1353654toler_antly
verdantly1644334__verdantly

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819308.50017508.1
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691308.93919990.0
 
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