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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 “canities” 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.

40 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
canities10151926(None) 
cavities131412611cavities
sanities81219771sanities
vanities111414491vanities
acuities10312452acuities
amities9317382_amities
banties94324762ban_ties
calvities1438942calvities
canaries10318942canaries
candies104125612can_dies
canikins14219162canikins
canines93724032cani_nes
caninities12410492caninities
canopies12311852canopies
cantles94721412can_tles
carnifies1439892carnifies
carnitines1277812carnitines
catties94023052ca_tties
cavitied14126812cavitied
cecities12312042cecities
chanties132615802chan_ties
charities14312742charities
cities84524852c__ities
clarities11312482clarities
comities12317792comities
cyanites132610162cyanit_es
dainties9312402dainties
inanities9312442inanities
laities7320342la_ities
laxities1539092laxities
lenities8315942lenities
panties94230932pan_ties
parities10522972parities
rarities8316332rarities
sanitise81511812sanitise
sanitises91111742sanitises
sanitizes181210132sanitizes
scanties103215422scan_ties
unities72520152_unities
vanitied12138212vanitied

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059403.89031120.6
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691404.29641594.7
 
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