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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 “weevilly” 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.

33 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
weevilly178262(None) 
weevily1694641weevi_ly
evilly1236592__evilly
weedily1476122weedi_ly
weevil1295432weevi_l_
weeviled1533142weeviled
weevils1384682weevi_ls
beefily1535613beefi_ly
civilly1535483_civilly
coevally1646283coevally
devilry1433973_devilry
eerily92913563_eeri_ly
fervidly1863323fervidly
heavily1665903heavi_ly
leerily1037633leeri_ly
levelly1335853_levelly
needily1166323needi_ly
nervily1336863nervi_ly
peevishly2042873peevishly
reedily1179613reedi_ly
reveille1145333reveille
seedily1178583seedi_ly
servilely1543803servilely
trevally1446343trevally
wavily15219483w_avi_ly
wearily1338783weari_ly
weaselly14284373weaselly
weekly1635313wee__kly
weepingly1844263weepingly
welly114620013w_e__lly
wheezily2642303wheezi_ly
willy115321913w___illy
woefully1744183woefully

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162336.17323677.6
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691336.59327103.1
 
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