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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 “library” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

71 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
library124532(None) 
libra74712422libra__
librae84310172libra_e
libras83711702libra_s
librate93214232librate
libratory14255802libratory
literary1147752literary
ambary134010543amb_ary
bibbery13426543bibbery
biliary1238213biliary
binary11312223bi_nary
braky145015813__braky
braxy175410893__braxy
bray95232903__bra_y
briary114912003__briary
ciliary1247923ciliary
cinerary1346433cinerary
diary95016973di__ary
dietary1158663dietary
firry115713533fi_r_ry
horary12310383_horary
labara83712893lab_ara
labra75415463labra__
lactary1237843lactary
laniary1068013laniary
leary85927383l__eary
liar47229683li__ar_
liard65418593li__ard
liars54723163li__ars
libber104414013libber_
libbers113812833libbers
liber74723623lib_er_
liberal9310193libera_l
liberally1446263liberally
liberals1039413liberals
liberate101113383liberate
libers84721443lib_ers
liberty1237163liberty
liblab1035083libla_b
liblabs1144123liblabs
librarian1154843librarian
libraries1146993libraries
librated113110313librated
librates103412953librates
libri74610113lib__ri
lidar6312723li_dar_
lidars7310783li_dars
limitary1344933limitary
linear65113343linear_
linearly1146793linearly
lira46928683li_ra__
liras56021983li_ra_s
litany939053li_tany
literacy1346803literacy
littery103710493littery
livery124910903li_very
lizard16369233li_zard
lobar7313013lob_ar_
lorry86315673l_or_ry
miliary1249463miliary
nonlibrary1552373nonlibrary
olivary1345163oli_vary
piracy1339473pi_racy
piscary1437423piscary
turbary1236383turbary
vibrancy1843873vibrancy
vibrant12410393vibrant
vibrate122811523vibrate
vibrato12247383vibrato
vibratory17235563vibratory
vivary1536983vi_vary

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit134027717.19018640.8
3Display Results71710.0302366.7
 (SQL Overall)178691717.64023388.9
 
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