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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 “denitrifies” 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.

28 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
denitrifies154426(None) 
denitrified1653781denitrified
denitrifier1553121denitrifier
denitrifiers1651911denitrifiers
devitrifies1852871devitrifies
devitrified1952712devitrified
gentrifies1446902gen_trifies
nitrifies12107922__nitrifies
decertifies1744573decertifies
denazifies2343293den_azifies
denitrates1169513denitr_ates
denitrify1643073denitrif__y
denitrifying2062663denitrifying
densifies1347993den__sifies
desertifies1544703desertifies
gentrified1545683gen_trified
gentrifier1444823gen_trifier
gentrifiers1543003gen_trifiers
identifies1445803iden_t_ifies
metrifies1439803me__trifies
nigrifies1346363__nigrifies
nitrified1346733__nitrified
nitrifier1245963__nitrifier
nitrifiers1343923__nitrifiers
petrifies14310363pe__trifies
renotifies1356893renot_ifies
seniorities1148133seniorities
vitrifies1547223__vitrifies

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633285.00324312.0
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691285.40633054.2
 
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