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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forfiercely” 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.

49 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
fiercely164331(None) 
fierce11348912fierce__
fiercer12356952fierce_r
fiercest13216142fiercest
fierily1339022fier_ily
tiercel9316202tiercel_
tiercels10344732tiercels
aversely1444853aversely
cicely1338833ci__cely
directly1455303directly
direly10311553di_r_ely
diversely1643963diversely
feckly18335963f_e_ckly
ferly115517353f_er__ly
fernery1335813f_ernery
ferrel92810203f_errel_
ferrels10248623f_errels
ferrety13287013f_errety
fickly18318533fi__ckly
fierier103511193fierie_r
fieriest112112243fieriest
fiery114714793fier___y
finely123011563fi__nely
finitely1445663finitely
fireclay1644183fireclay
firefly1635623fi_refly
firmly1436663fi_r_mly
firstly1335643fi_rstly
fleecily1644013fleecily
forcedly1744793f_orcedly
freckly19124593fre_ckly
freely12310953f__reely
mercery14397623_mercery
merely111312583_mer_ely
misrely12319603misr_ely
nicely1139493ni__cely
opercele1244593opercele
pierce104010393pierce__
pierced12347593pierce_d
piercer11337773pierce_r
piercers12316723piercers
pierces113411193pierce_s
scarcely1534303scarcely
tercel83612993_tercel_
tercels94110363_tercels
tersely1038103_tersely
tierce8339843tierce__
tierced10347053tierce_d
tierces93710453tierce_s

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 Filter1786911461620.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit146162497.87618557.9
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691498.04522211.4