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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 “waeful” 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.

37 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
waeful123812(None) 
wakeful1735611wakeful
wameful1535671wameful
woeful1236361woeful
awful1178142_awful
bagful1237212bagful
baleful1238002baleful
baneful1237892baneful
cageful1356482cageful
canful11610262canful
capful1368172capful
careful1249112careful
carful11610972carful
dareful1157052dareful
earful958962earful
easeful1037292easeful
eyeful1235902eyeful
fateful1397512fateful
hateful13107682hateful
hatful12108742hatful
ireful948712ireful
jarful1646682jarful
lapful1156482lapful
lawful1235492lawful
manful11610212manful
pageful1346352pageful
panful1179742panful
rueful948202rueful
swayful1643002swayful
useful947012useful
vatful12107082vatful
wailful1344952wailful
wamefuls1643862wamefuls
wasteful14104932wasteful
waul76927312wa__ul
wilful1235962wilful
woful1158172w_oful

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551372.29635954.3
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691372.67266875.4
 
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