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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 “ligated” 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.

55 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
ligated9241414(None) 
legated92513981legated
ligate72519251ligate_
ligates82318381ligates
lighted122913501lighted
alighted1347672alighted
bighted142810922bighted
bigoted11258402bigoted
blighted1546862blighted
dighted132511492dighted
dilated93115822dilated
fixated1835532fixated
flighted1646972flighted
gated75329772__gated
highted152710162highted
lanated8313202lanated
lated65240672l__ated
legate72917452legate_
legatee82814632legatee
legates82917682legates
levigated1445642levigated
librated113110312librated
lichted13268802lichted
lifted104413522li_fted
ligand85011292liga_nd
ligase7259912ligase_
ligases82310712ligases
ligatured1143332ligatured
lighten112811522lighten
lighter113113442lighter
ligulated11247362ligulated
lilted73715372li_lted
limited102310232limited
lineated9711062lineated
linted74021822li_nted
liquated1835492liquated
listed74322832li_sted
litigated1146562litigated
lobated102610942lobated
located103114182located
lunated8310822lunated
luxated1535712luxated
lyrated11388472lyrated
migrated121110512migrated
negated93413232negated
nidated939862nidated
obligated13186902obligated
pirated102515612pirated
plicated13310642plicated
plighted1546462plighted
righted122912142righted
sighted123111522sighted
slighted1357392slighted
togated94410662togated
ungated92717212ungated

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671552.79638508.9
3Display Results55550.0331666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691553.20255806.1
 
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