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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 “honestly” 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
honestly1435593(None) 
honesty13378051honest_y
homestay1645812homestay
honest94822422honest__
honester1139712honester
hostly124210862ho__stly
modestly14375582modestly
amnesty1244823amnest_y
cogently1446323cogently
costly114012333co__stly
covertly1655763covertly
dishonestly1851993dishonestly
earnestly1243013earnestly
forestay1448193forestay
forestry1446723forestry
ghostly14355103gho__stly
hoarsely1444363hoarsely
homely145313173home__ly
homestays1744713homestays
homostyly2052723homostyly
hones88144493hones___
honestest1247303honestest
honesties1249913honesties
honey115629913hone___y
horsefly1744873horsefly
horsily1338843ho_rsily
hotly115815483ho___tly
housefly1744103housefly
hoverfly2043003hoverfly
ineptly1245073_ineptly
inertly1038543_inertly
lonelily1144973lonelily
lonely92912473lone__ly
modesty13476983modest_y
moistly1236613mo_istly
momently1546473momently
monostely1444813monostely
mostly113110943mo__stly
neatly93812483__neatly
nestle63013953__nestle
nettly9459453__nettly
nonentry1146813nonentry
obesely1245113_obesely
oneself1046073_oneself
overtly13268983_overtly
potently1347403potently
priestly1345843priestly
robustly1342763robustly
tonishly1445523tonishly

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162496.51622431.2
3Display Results49490.0301633.3
 (SQL Overall)178691496.96625651.9
 
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