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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 “delicately” 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.

27 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
delicately164453(None) 
dedicatedly1952502dedicatedly
delicate11315492delicate__
delicates12314312delicate_s
indelicately1852812indelicately
plicately1644562_plicately
ciliately1443963cili_ately
dedicate12312803dedicate__
dedicated14310253dedicate_d
dedicatee13410343dedicate_e
dedicatees1445313dedicatees
dedicates13311693dedicate_s
dedicatory1745673dedicatory
definitely1753193definitely
delectably18125683delectably
deliberately1852433deliberately
delicacy1644253delica__cy
delightedly2062213delightedly
dentately1344953de_ntately
desolately1443153desolately
digitately1552873digitately
helically1749433helica_lly
mediately1544613medi_ately
obligately1652943obligately
peltately1443963pel_tately
seriately1246023seri_ately
telically1449853telica_lly

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603276.42321890.5
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691276.84526105.3
 
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