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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 “linac” 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.

81 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
linac731541(None) 
lilac7311071lilac
linacs8310811linacs
binal75323822binal
clinal8311552clinal
clinic104312792clinic
dinar66319892dinar
final83922032final
finca104714502finca
ileac75814172ileac
iliac75013492iliac
kina85632002kina_
kinas95626912kinas
lac510155822l__ac
lanai5319572lanai
liana53915892liana
lianas63713382lianas
liane54720662liane
liang64914412liang
liar47229682li_ar
lidar6312722lidar
lienal63912782lienal
ligan67920282ligan
lignan75510322lignan
lilacs837482lilacs
lima65734132lima_
liman75921602liman
limas75627632limas
limnic10418842limnic
lin37967372lin__
linage7713402linage
lindy96918312lindy
line46965572lin_e
lineal65616022lineal
linear65113342linear
lined64934642lined
linen55728722linen
liner55938922liner
lines57054572lines
liney87029632liney
ling57447962lin_g
linga66820822linga
lingam95112352lingam
lingas75116572lingas
lingo66022112lingo
lings67135772lings
lingy96925142lingy
linin58025522linin
link86943442lin_k
links96430192links
linky127622382linky
linn46034592lin_n
linns56123332linns
lino46343372lin_o
linos55631502linos
lins47059052lin_s
lint416266232lin_t
lints57137192lints
linty87126562linty
linum7313822linum
liny78141322lin_y
lipa68425922lipa_
lira46928682lira_
liras56021982liras
litai55216362litai
litas54923772litas
luna46229852luna_
lunacy1136842lunacy
lunar57017312lunar
lunas55025012lunas
mina65136922mina_
minae75627722minae
minas75434112minas
pina65842632pina_
pinas75434452pinas
vina76331802vina_
vinal85725812vinal
vinas85126342vinas
vinca105315162vinca
vinic10314972vinic
zinc156819092zin_c

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800811.68631909.8
3Display Results81810.0332454.5
 (SQL Overall)178691812.03287938.5
 
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