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

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

20 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
helpfully205270(None) 
heedfully1943152heedfully
helpful1543962helpfu_l_
unhelpfully2261222unhelpfully
balefully1744503balefully
cheerfully2192703cheerfully
dolefully1643983dolefully
fearfully1843893fearfully
gleefully1643133gleefully
harmfully2043333harmfully
hatefully1844773hatefully
helically1749433helically
hopefully2043693hopefully
hurtfully1843653hurtfully
needfully1642983needfully
restfully1545553restfully
tearfully1544143tearfully
wilfully1743753wil_fully
willfully1843073willfully
zestfully2443913zestfully

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641207.20320636.0
3Display Results20200.0161250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691207.65523343.0