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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 “literacy” 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.

52 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
literacy134680(None) 
aliteracy1444331aliteracy
literary1147751literary
illiteracy1552622illiteracy
literal7613272litera_l
literally1248342literally
literals8312292literals
literate81216892literate
literati81210802literati
aliterate91611343aliterate
cinerary1346433cinerary
federacy1744243federacy
interact10316473interact
iterance1049523_iterance
iterant7317783_iterant
iterate71119113_iterate
itineracy1452163itineracy
latency1236033late_ncy
laterad8310843latera_d
lateral7313573latera_l
laterally1248073laterally
laterals8312753laterals
legacy1256653l__egacy
liberal9310193libera_l
liberally1446263liberally
liberals1039413liberals
liberate101113383liberate
liberty1237163liber_ty
library1245323li_brary
lifeway1644273lifewa_y
limerick1645403limerick
linearly1146793linearly
litany939053lit__any
liter54736343liter___
literacies1248803literacies
literality1346903literality
literarily1354273literarily
literately1345303literately
literates91415653literates
literatim11127183literatim
literator948683literator
literatus9146823literatus
liters65429883liter__s
litoral7610763litora_l
littery103710493litter__y
liturgy1142873litur_gy
livery124910903liver__y
nitery94412173niter__y
numeracy1544083numeracy
piracy1339473pi__racy
subliteracy1852133subliteracy
unliterary1352773unliterary

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162527.34319904.9
3Display Results52520.0331575.8
 (SQL Overall)178691527.79922912.0
 
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