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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 “malices” 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.

59 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
malices11431662(None) 
calices114321691calices
malice104818481malice_
malines93625601malines
alines65735222_alines
amices105018012_amices
apices104916262_apices
calces104420052cal_ces
caliches153812272caliches
calicles123811432calicles
calicoes123911602calicoes
calicos113913492calicos
calyces14428802calyces
carices114220952carices
chalices15310812chalices
cilices113814022cilices
culices113713122culices
cylices14359282cylices
falces115216002fal_ces
halides113416662halides
halites103221192halites
helices12313722helices
latices9313762latices
maces97139962ma__ces
magics115311612magic_s
mailes84329112ma_iles
maizes175115732ma_izes
malaises10312332malaises
malates93522612malates
males75049792mal__es
malic94525662malic__
maligns1038132maligns
maline84529082maline_
mallees93315972mallees
mamies104626242mami_es
manics103919932manic_s
marines93928012marines
marlines103818712marlines
marlites103415262marlites
matrices12312082matrices
mavies114923192mavi_es
mavises122812992mavises
maxixes1535252maxixes
mealies92821932meali_es
molies84429512moli_es
murices112612282murices
palaces114216462palaces
plaices11411142plaices
polices113118052polices
radices102314262radices
saices84221802sa_ices
salines74029412salines
slices84022852_slices
splices113914382splices
talipes9611602talipes
valines104520212valines
valises103516262valises
varices123313572varices
walies95324522wali_es

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671593.71628975.0
3Display Results59590.0331787.9
 (SQL Overall)178691594.12543319.0
 
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