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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 “lycees” 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.

37 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
lycees1142886(None) 
lycee104716741lycee_
lychees15516781lychees
lyches144213611lyches
sycees11409651sycees
cees65941592__cees
cycles1339302cycles
emcees1037812emcees
fyces139813642fyc_es
lacers85225252lacers
laces76141762lac_es
laches116528352laches
larees65323112larees
leches115421312leches
lees45455882l__ees
levees93714522levees
lichees123512782lichees
liches114724292liches
locoes85516582locoes
luces75528432luc_es
lucres84513302lucres
lyases95211872lyases
lycea10418942lyc_ea
lyceum1343952lyceum
lyceums1442402lyceums
lychee143710892lychee
lycras11287252lycras
lyes75530832ly__es
lynches15378872lynches
lynxes1634322lynxes
lyres85019962ly_res
lyses84518252ly_ses
myceles1435212myceles
sycee105018622sycee_
syces106416462syc_es
tyees86019452ty_ees
wyches17387912wyches

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551372.37634743.7
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691372.73565334.9
 
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