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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 “sportsmanly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

24 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
sportsmanly185164(None) 
sportsman1343872sportsman__
sportsmanlike21131243sportsmanlike
sportsmen1343543sportsmen__
craftsmanly2181174craftsmanly
partisanly1543464_partisanly
portably1539314_port__ably
showmanly2041904sho__wmanly
sortably1338804s_ort__ably
spoilsman1342504spoilsman__
spokesman1742844spokesman__
sportfully1853544sport_fully
sportily1337734sport___ily
sportingly1645544sport_ingly
sportively1845024sport_ively
sportscast1452594sportsca_st
sportscasts1551894sportscasts
sportsmanship2273054sportsmanship
sportswoman18122094sportswoman__
spousally1442894spo_us_ally
statesmanly1671474statesmanly
superhumanly2262034superhumanly
swordsman1542774swordsman__
workmanly2151994_wor_kmanly

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit148819249.28316031.3
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691249.70218418.0
 
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