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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 “acidy” 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.

44 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
acidy11721489(None) 
acid77533391acid_
acidly125211791acidly
acids87121001acids
abide86223712abide
aced79540882aced_
achy126316092ac_hy
acidic113612132acidic
acidify1645242acidify
acidity1338592acidity
acing87429152acing
acini75718982acini
acrid86920102acrid_
acridly13396532acridly
acuity1139372acuity
aid49269082a_id_
aide56045002a_ide
aids57846362a_ids
airy75734152a_iry
alcid85817972alcid_
alcids94812292alcids
amid77036352amid_
amide86128482amide
amido85720982amido
amids85627512amids
amity10416092amity
arid57642712arid_
aridly105513702aridly
aside65122082aside
avid88325962avid_
avidly13548782avidly
azide155617162azide
azido155411542azido
caddy125414022caddy
caid77837532caid_
caids85226422caids
candy115119822candy
city95122622_city
didy99121512_didy
icily101211692icily
lacily11612762lacily
pacify1667472pacify
racily11715172racily
tidy86822422_tidy

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 Filter178691538000.626285448.9
2DLD Change Limit53800441.98327130.6
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691442.62568072.8
 
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