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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 “testily” 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.

36 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
testily10291080(None) 
tastily103311641tastily
testify13246941testify
zestily19167561zestily
chestily1645522chestily
destiny113111462destiny
dustily113211522dustily
feistily1445262feistily
fustily133111372fustily
gustily113010902gustily
hastily133010662hastily
heftily1635762heftily
lustily103611242lustily
meatily12311092meatily
messily12298812messily
mistily122612342mistily
mustily123613632mustily
nastily103011032nastily
peskily1635082peskily
pettily1238172pettily
rustily103112992rustily
tartily103511572tartily
tattily10409992tattily
tearily10311152tearily
techily1537122techily
tenthly1335742tenthly
testacy1235962testacy
testicle1037442testicle
testier74015642testier
testing86021052testing
testis64916712testi_s
testy85419062test__y
textile1437222textile
trustily11257102trustily
tuftily1335572tuftily
yeastily1444572yeastily

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 Filter1786911076710.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit107671363.03035535.0
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.18956033.6
 
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