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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 “nervously” 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.

31 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
nervously154505(None) 
nervous1037142nervous__
onerously1247072oner_ously
seriously1248382seriously
curiously1447673curiously
deviously1645513deviously
devoutly1542663de_voutly
enormously1554553enormously
enviously1545893enviously
furiously1546503furiously
generously1445623gener_ously
heinously1544773heinously
jealously1944433jealously
leprously1445323leprously
nebulously1553613nebulously
nefariously1754493nefariously
nervily1336863nerv__ily
nervosity1543293nervosity
nervule1044943nerv_u_le
nocuously1444943nocuously
noxiously1945463noxiously
numerously1545183numer_ously
parlously1445663parlously
perilously1546433perilously
porously1347753por_ously
previously1885873previously
tediously1345873tediously
tenuously1245343tenuously
variously1547313variously
venously1445663ve_nously
zealously2144303zealously

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641317.03021143.8
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.46923924.4
 
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