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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 “niece” 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.

48 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
niece7481450(None) 
nice65534711ni_ce
nieces84112711nieces
nieve85613181nieve
piece96717991piece
apiece10510082apiece
bice86235562bi_ce
deice84320032deice
dice75841892di_ce
diene65720132diene
fice95737112fi_ce
fierce11348912fierce
ice56737242_i_ce
lice66045062li_ce
liege65314432liege
lieve86315472lieve
mice87442232mi_ce
mince95325232mince
nance74721842nance
neck105423662n_eck
nee36657782n_e_e
nene45932062n_ene
neve76224832n_eve
nicer74618292nicer
niche105016792niche
nick106627602ni_ck
nide55535782ni_de
nieves94311292nieves
nine45842172ni_ne
nite45943582ni_te
nitre57519682nitre
nixe115722022ni_xe
nixie125114942nixie
nonce75719822nonce
pice84641092pi_ce
pieced113912102pieced
piecer105213082piecer
pieces104217272pieces
pierce104010392pierce
rice64942912ri_ce
sice65545592si_ce
siege66718442siege
sieve84918842sieve
since75024172since
tierce8339842tierce
vice95732852vi_ce
wince105220882wince
yince105214252yince

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 Filter178691538000.486367677.0
2DLD Change Limit53800482.65320278.9
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691483.15556637.4
 
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