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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 “festivity” 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.

45 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
festivity184511(None) 
fertility1547212fertility
festively1845772festively
fetidity1545862fe_tidity
activity1647593_activity
aestivate12127663aestivate
affectivity25103263affectivity
bestiality1544773bestiality
captivity1944683captivity
creativity1845173creativity
declivity1844493declivity
effectivity25103673effectivity
emotivity1744823emotivity
estivate111010003_estivate
facticity1945963facticity
febricity1943813febricity
febrility1754003febrility
felicity1647923fe_licity
felinity1447293fe_linity
feminity1647553fe_minity
fervidity1943033fervidity
festinate1249473festinate
festival1444713festiv_al
festivals1543373festivals
festive1339773festiv__e
festivities1746583festivities
fissility1544623fissility
futility1446983f_utility
gentility1347063gentility
hostility1546373hostility
infectivity2254713infectivity
motivity1646233_motivity
nativity1446643_nativity
negativity1754243negativity
passivity1744103passivity
positivity1854593positivity
reactivity1845403reactivity
relativity1645243relativity
resistivity1773793resistivity
restively1548313restively
rusticity1445973rusticity
sectility1447373sectility
sensitivity1753823sensitivity
septicity1646583septicity
sessility1244913sessility

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 Filter1786911486410.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit148641457.62319499.0
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691458.10922036.1
 
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