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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 “ivy” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

150 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
ivy9631744(None) 
icy86322121icy
jivy176213111jivy
tivy1014516861tivy
aby810238062aby
airy75734152airy
any68440492any
ava610139322ava
ave67748702ave
avo68936232avo
ay511773892_ay
bay89661642bay
bevy127115222bevy
bey86645422bey
boy87753562boy
buy86436542buy
by77529232_by
cavy125920002cavy
cay87155982cay
chivy164810362chivy
city95122622city
civvy16435462civvy
coy810557552coy
cry89726242cry
davy116015522davy
day76254112day
dey77243372dey
didy99121512didy
diva85920882diva
dive85634772dive
divvy15356482divvy
dry76526032dry
envy10411252envy
eve66331162eve
fay97454862fay
fey95940882fey
five107629742five
fly97124952fly
foy96044262foy
fry96226502fry
gay76856492gay
gey75738302gey
give85829352give
goy77844552goy
guy75728942guy
hay97358772hay
hey96741062hey
hive106029672hive
hoy97447912hoy
ice56737242ice
ich86227742ich
ick97329322ick
icky136315752icky
id38941842i_d
idly85617322idly
ids47535472ids
idyl85912302idyl
if57239952i_f
iff96730392iff
iffy135312282iffy
ifs67124242ifs
igg57116792igg
ilk78325302ilk
ill37437092ill
illy76925332illy
immy114611832immy
imp76626972imp
in28150862i_n
inby95315662inby
ink76433632ink
inky115321582inky
inly75622212inly
inn36727432inn
ins35945602ins
ion36051022ion
ire36943172ire
irk76426362irk
is27048212i_s
ism56322382ism
it28455682i_t
its35538832its
ivory1137372ivory
jay136242672jay
jive146123592jive
jivey185111872jivey
joy137036362joy
kay106745542kay
key105833332key
kiva116516412kiva
lay68865352lay
levy106418502levy
ley66246812ley
lily76730182lily
limy95727712limy
liny78141322liny
live76540992live
may88757632may
miry96326752miry
mity95528212mity
my78125652_my
navy107518632navy
nay66952772nay
nixy145714512nixy
oily77932252oily
ova66823792ova
oxy136320982oxy
oy58950132_oy
pay88461182pay
pily96132732pily
piny911838352piny
pipy115421512pipy
pity96031932pity
pixy166117762pixy
ply86323552ply
privy13439832privy
pry85728052pry
ray66361992ray
rimy96621282rimy
rive75537722rive
say67264762say
shy96728192shy
sizy164816392sizy
sky106420992sky
sly66228562sly
soy67851452soy
spy86023742spy
sty66227312sty
thy97022912thy
tidy86822422tidy
tiny76134632tiny
toy69655192toy
try66529672try
via65636242via
vid77241812vid
vie65447632vie
vig75637522vig
vim87437022vim
viny106025952viny
vis66747612vis
viva106119092viva
vive105426622vive
wavy136620472wavy
way96757662way
why126920012why
wily106428812wily
winy107034322winy
wiry106422832wiry
wive105931752wive
wry96524702wry
yay96948712yay

Search took 2 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 Filter178691140840.516346300.4
2DLD Change Limit140841500.70320034.1
3Display Results1501500.0463260.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911501.265141257.7
 
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