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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forcelibacy” 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.

19 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
celibacy174265(None) 
celiac101910432celi_ac_
celiacs11157892celi_acs
celibate1259312celibate
delicacy1644252delicacy
callback1845343callback
ceiba938703ce_iba__
ceibas1038503ce_iba_s
celibacies1643153celibacies
celibates1358633celibates
celibatic1544133celibatic
ciliary1247923cili_ary
coeliac1138233coeli_ac_
culinary1355853culinary
delegacy1543533delegacy
feminacy1844453feminacy
heliac111010893heli_ac_
mediacy1536143medi_acy
reliably1339243reliably

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162197.95318378.2
3Display Results19190.0161187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691198.40521260.1