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

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

23 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
outwardly164306(None) 
outward11811402outward__
outwards1299122outward_s
upwardly1742792_upwardly
awkwardly2351643awkwardly
cowardly1744093_cowardly
dotardly1343843dot_ardly
downwardly2151563downwardly
forwardly1942753forwardly
frowardly1962303frowardly
inwardly1543783_inwardly
leewardly16102103leewardly
outdatedly1552143outdatedly
outhandle1374203outhandle
outwalk1437623outwa__lk
outwar91011513outwar___
outwarred1345473outwarred
outwars10912793outwar__s
outweary1485393outwear__y
towardly1543653_towardly
untowardly1751663untowardly
unwarily1446363_unwarily
waywardly2251883waywardly

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 Limit148641237.43619989.4
3Display Results23230.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691237.85922737.1