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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 “pitiful” 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.

61 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
pitiful124586(None) 
dutiful1144762dutiful
fitful1256332fit_ful
pipeful1445642pipeful
pitifully1744212pitifully
potful1138082pot_ful
spiteful1344302spiteful
aidful1057073ai_dful
aimful1166703ai_mful
antiflu1046683antiflu
antifur1047493antifur
artful968273art_ful
citify1437443citif_y
direful1156613direful
dishful1455433dishful
faithful1743383faithful
fateful1397513fateful
fistful1365903fistful
hateful13107683hateful
hatful12108743hat_ful
hatsful13106193hatsful
ireful948713_ireful
kistful1465303kistful
lifeful1344613lifeful
mindful1344613mindful
mirthful1642863mirthful
nitinol745143nitinol
pageful1346353pageful
pailful1236103pailful
pailsful1343263pailsful
painful1246413painful
palmful1445053palmful
panful1179743p_anful
picul95015363p__icul
pinitol936683pinitol
pipefuls1543753pipefuls
pistil83915073pisti__l
piteous9310683piteous
pitfall1245823pitfall
pitiable1238293pitiable
pitiably1545843pitiably
pitied94017253piti_ed
pitier84019823piti_er
pitiers93812653pitiers
pities83828083piti_es
pitifuller1551663pitifuller
plateful1345433plateful
playful1544653playful
plentiful1442923plentiful
potfuls1236293pot_fuls
poutful1236743poutful
prideful1443913prideful
pushful1544493pushful
ruthful1344503ruthful
sinful938803si_nful
tinful938043ti_nful
vatful12107083vat_ful
wilful1235963wi_lful
willful1344533willful
wishful1664503wishful
wistful1365713wistful

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 Filter1786911340270.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit134027615.87322820.9
3Display Results61610.0331848.5
 (SQL Overall)178691616.29628381.7
 
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