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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 “liturgy” 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.

42 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
liturgy114287(None) 
liturgic1142572liturgic
citrusy12284183citrusy
hierurgy1551233hierurgy
lethargy1542203lethargy
liberty1237163liberty
ligure7279473ligur_e
ligures8269893ligures
lingy96925143li__ngy
linuron746513linuron
liquefy2243013liquefy
liquify2244033liquify
litany939053lit_any
liter54736343liter__
literacy1346803literacy
literal7613273literal
literary1147753literary
liters65429883liter_s
litharge1243823litharge
lithely1356643lithely
lithify1644763lithify
litoral7610763litoral
litre55421463lit_r_e
litres65220393lit_res
littery103710493littery
litu47631563litu___
liturgics1251903liturgics
liturgies1043483liturgies
liturgism12122903liturgism
liturgist10104163liturgist
livery124910903liver_y
loungy10476833l_oungy
loury85716753l_our_y
luxury1642543luxur_y
micrurgy1641593micrurgy
nitery94412173niter_y
splurgy1343023splurgy
sturdy1037043_sturdy
surgy95118523__surgy
theurgy1442733theurgy
turfy114315403__turfy
zymurgy2541013zymurgy

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911340270.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit134027425.86022871.5
3Display Results42420.0331272.7
 (SQL Overall)178691426.29628381.7
 
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