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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 “saintly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
saintly103934(None) 
faintly1337081faintly
auntly95211062_auntly
daintily1245522daintily
dainty105311472daint_y
gainly1049322gain_ly
gauntly1135332gauntly
jointly1735482jointly
mainly11411492main_ly
painty114714752paint_y
quaintly2065022quaintly
rainily10310432rainily
riantly1037612riantly
saint55147072saint__
sainted84114242sainted
saints65122422saint_s
saliently1245772saliently
sanely93114612sa_nely
sanity9316202sanit_y
sapiently1444862sapiently
savingly1537312savingly
scantly12419552scantly
shingly143210812shingly
shinily13268932shinily
singly104015852s_ingly
slantly10399322slantly
spindly13257382spindly
swiftly1633732swiftly
unsaintly1244992unsaintly
vainly1258502vain_ly

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671303.40631612.2
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691303.77947285.3
 
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