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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 “airily” 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.

36 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
airily9301482(None) 
aerily93017011aerily
wirily123310781wirily
acridly13396532acridly
aerify122810112aerify
airier64619362airier
airing74927502airing
airplay1245482airplay
airway1237692airway
airy75734152air__y
angrily1137722angrily
aridly105513702aridly
aril45843022a_ril_
arils58732202a_rils
artily92814712artily
bairnly1234502bairnly
direly10311562direly
dirtily1138582dirtily
drily95816522_drily
eerily92913562eerily
fairly125610012fair_ly
fierily1339022fierily
firmly1436662firmly
girly94415292gir_ly
gorily10612502gorily
icily101211692_icily
lairdly1134912lairdly
mirkily16266402mirkily
oilily93111722oilily
rainily10310432rainily
tidily102811392tidily
tinily94014432tinily
verily122616052verily
virile9313432virile
warily122915092warily
wilily123310762wilily

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551362.58031996.5
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691362.93660862.1
 
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