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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 “lighted” 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.

51 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
lighted12291350(None) 
alighted1347671alighted
bighted142810921bighted
blighted1546861blighted
dighted132511491dighted
flighted1646971flighted
highted152710161highted
lichted13268801lichted
ligated92414141ligated
lighten112811521lighten
lighter113113441lighter
plighted1546461plighted
righted122912141righted
sighted123111521sighted
slighted1357391slighted
bigoted11258402bigoted
blighter1466852blighter
delighted1546202delighted
fighter143010772fighter
frighted1657172frighted
knighted1745122knighted
legated92513982legated
lifted104413522li_fted
ligate72519252ligate_
ligates82318382ligates
light94429602light__
lightened1446022lightened
lightens122510002lightens
lightered1446282lightered
lighters123111392lighters
lightest121410352lightest
lightly14369022lightly
lights104519912light_s
lilted73715372li_lted
limited102310232limited
linted74021822li_nted
listed74322832li_sted
lithoed1137832lithoed
nighed113811292nigh_ed
oughted1236222oughted
plighter1476622plighter
relighted1436862relighted
righter113212382righter
sighed113712052sigh_ed
sighter113412112sighter
slighter1257822slighter
tighten11288972tighten
tighter112910692tighter
unlighted1455782unlighted
uplighted1653842uplighted
weighted1635592weighted

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 Limit107671513.53030501.7
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691513.91945596.1
 
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