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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 “limit” 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.

72 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
limit7312634(None) 
licit74327681licit
limits82514141limits
admit8319492admit
binit76431582binit
delimit10311732delimit
demit84832302demit
digit73825272digit
dimity12310472dimity
dimwit1237952dimwit
dixit134420592dixit
elicit8417202elicit
emit65438422_emit
fixit154819302fixit
imid76122292_imid
lamia75324322lamia
legit61323502legit
licht104723492licht
lift76942722li_ft
light94429602light
lilt46349942li_lt
lima65734132lim_a
liman75921602liman
limas75627632limas
limb85429382lim_b
limba95414982limba
limbi96513812limbi
limbic12528742limbic
limbo95614812limbo
limbs96118942limbs
limby125714072limby
lime66244932lim_e
limed85426802limed
limen75426032limen
limes75636502limes
limey104721042limey
limier83518722limier
limiest93716102limiest
limina83514502limina
liming94021242liming
limited102310232limited
limiter92710852limiter
limites92915452limites
limn66527692lim_n
limnic10418842limnic
limns75718392limns
limo65529732lim_o
limos75320812limos
limp88432492lim_p
limpa97014462limpa
limpet103518632limpet
limpid11389752limpid
limps95522672limps
limy95727712lim_y
linin58025522linin
lint416266232li_nt
lipid85916172lipid
lipin75518892lipin
liri45128252liri_
lirot5430032lirot
list47055342li_st
lit39377312l__it
livid96714422livid
mimic111414322mimic
omit65337372_omit
pipit95224872pipit
remit75737222remit
smit65138412_smit
timid84815732timid
visit8320962visit
vomit102622572vomit
zizit13313272zizit

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800721.53335094.6
3Display Results72720.0135538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691721.85696277.5
 
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