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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 “benignly” 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.

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
benignly144321(None) 
benign938312benign__
benignity1542812benignity
bairnly1234503b_airnly
beamingly1745843beamingly
beigne9148613be_ign_e
beignes10149243be_ignes
beignet101510963be_ignet
beigy111110583be_ig__y
bemingle1346103bemingle
benignancy1851833benignancy
benignant1243983benignant
benignantly1751683benignantly
benny105217363ben__n_y
bigly114814753b__ig_ly
bindingly1645403bindingly
bitingly1437383bitingly
bodingly1536383bodingly
boringly1438403boringly
bowingly1735793bowingly
burningly1545043burningly
condignly1644033condignly
deniably1448553deniably
denyingly1744643denyingly
ensigncy1443053_ensigncy
genially12129523genially
indignly1344563indignly
leniency1345313leniency
leniently1245903leniently
malignly1444683malignly
meaningly1546413meaningly
medianly14125943medianly
menially131111093menially
niggly11418913__niggly
senilely1146103senilely
venially1499423venially
vexingly2244663vexingly

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 Filter1786911461620.190940478.9
2DLD Change Limit146162376.57622226.6
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691376.78226347.8
 
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