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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 “academy” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

44 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
academy154309(None) 
academe1244701academe
academes1344872academes
academia1345112academia
academic1544722academic
anadem939182anadem_
anadems1036142anadems
academias1444793academias
academics1643533academics
academies1444683academies
academism1663243academism
acaleph1453443acaleph
acidemia1344783acidemia
acidify1645243acidify
acidity1338593acidity
acidly125211793acid_ly
acidy117214893acid__y
acutely1246123acutely
alcade91111513alcade__
alcades101011473alcade_s
alchemy1743113alchemy
anatomy1246233anatomy
arcade91013643arcade__
arcaded1178973arcade_d
arcades101113193arcade_s
caddy125414023_cad_dy
cade76443913_cade__
cadency1545893_cadency
cadent94120363_cadent
cades85440733_cade_s
cadet85339343_cade_t
cadets96316513_cadets
cadgy125210783_cad_gy
cagey115917823_cage_y
cakey145517273_cake_y
casefy1436273_casefy
demy105422853___demy
diadem1037583diadem_
diadems1135393diadems
facade1238803facade__
facades1339033facade_s
macadam1446853macadam_
macadams1545093macadams
scarey115016983scare_y

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit134027446.97019229.1
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691447.40624127.9
 
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