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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 “ferity” 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.

45 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
ferity12281334(None) 
verity123714851verity
aerify122810112aerify
aerily93017012aerily
cecity1398152cecity
cerite84724872cerite
deity94316772de_ity
eerily92913562eerily
fealty122910222fealty
feisty12449292feisty
feracity1646732feracity
feria85922712feri_a
feriae95618602feriae
ferial94621252ferial
ferias95020392ferias
ferine96422582ferine
ferly115517352fer_ly
ferny115816182fer_ny
ferocity1645992ferocity
ferrety13287012ferrety
ferrite103312752ferrite
ferry116020802fer_ry
fierily1339022fierily
fixity19427812fixity
flirty12499142flirty
forty114824272for_ty
fretty1249222fretty
frit77044472f_rit_
frith115922032f_rith
frits86129102f_rits
fritt86129412f_ritt
fritz176020772f_ritz
fruity12429702fruity
furmity1535192furmity
lenity9612712lenity
levity1277902levity
merit7339182merit_
merits8320872merits
parity114719872parity
periti8319952periti
purity114114912purity
rarity93615492rarity
verify153110162verify
verily122616052verily
verite94323442verite

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551452.50033020.4
3Display Results45450.0133461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691452.85662566.9
 
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