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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 “maligns” 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.

32 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
maligns103813(None) 
aligns75312951_aligns
malign939851malign_
algins74816432_algins
aliens65619212_aliens
align65016502_align_
kalians11310182kalians
magians10310752magians
mailings113011922mailings
mains75635112ma_i_ns
makings145413162makings
malices114316622malices
maligned1285772maligned
maligner11115332maligner
maligners12104782maligners
malignly1444682malignly
maline84529082mali_ne
malines93625602malines
malisons1048782malisons
malkins133311802malkins
mallings113413092mallings
margins103815192margins
marlings113713492marlings
marlins93420472marli_ns
matings104516212matings
matins84527782mati_ns
mavins115119182mavi_ns
mayings134410512mayings
misaligns1244772misaligns
palings103915822palings
realigns936252realigns
talions7314112talions

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671323.15634116.3
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.56250165.9
 
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