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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 “lyric” 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.

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
lyric10451272(None) 
lyrics11357941lyrics
lytic104513031lytic
pyric123815071pyric
auric74521732auric
baric96125692baric
boric98024222boric
ceric94023092ceric
cleric10612132cleric
cynic124712422cynic
daric85623112daric
eyrie88117832eyrie
eyrir8359652eyrir
gyri85415152gyri_
hydric15227952hydric
kyrie123712902kyrie
laic65931562l_aic
lari45839152lari_
laris54737462laris
liri45128252liri_
logic88217832logic
lorica8310442lorica
loris55329152loris
lotic76420672lotic
lubric1097982lubric
ludic82912802ludic
lurid64618972lurid
lyre75623792lyr_e
lyres85019962lyres
lyrical1236492lyrical
lyricon1243712lyricon
lyrism1137472lyrism
lyrist9312292lyrist
lysin84512782lysin
lysis84511462lysis
myrica1336832myrica
naric76824172naric
pyic116915822py_ic
toric76529312toric
typic124511962typic
uric63624942_uric
xeric144315662xeric

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800421.54634799.5
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691421.85896173.8
 
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