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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 “softly” 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.

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
softly1245776(None) 
softy115414481soft_y
botfly1436092botfly
costly114012332costly
daftly1335442daftly
deftly1336532deftly
hostly124210862hostly
hotly115815482ho_tly
loftily1336352loftily
lofty115813302loft_y
mostly113110942mostly
portly114713402portly
safely12249392safely
shortly13387572shortly
soft76942822soft__
softa86415182soft_a
softas94410402softas
soften9429492soften
softer94015312softer
softie93312482softie
softs85019232soft_s
solely93714212solely
sonly85718052so_nly
soothly13186922soothly
sootily101810522sootily
sooty84924842soot_y
sorely94618012sorely
sourly93612212sourly
stoutly1035832stoutly
subtly11249262subtly
swiftly1633732swiftly

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 Filter178691825510.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit82551312.89028564.4
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691313.01659247.7
 
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