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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 “fortifying” 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.

59 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
fortifying204515(None) 
mortifying1944921mortifying
certifying1945312certifying
cornifying1944812cornifying
horrifying2043982horrifying
notifying1645622no_tifying
refortifying2252792refortifying
torrifying1744172torrifying
acetifying1944453acetifying
aerifying1636493aer_ifying
beatifying1945733beatifying
brutifying1943413brutifying
carnifying1945043carnifying
citifying1845383_citifying
coalifying1945033coalifying
codifying1944953co_difying
falsifying2043753falsifying
fancifying2243883fancifying
foraying1537433for__aying
forbidding1843063forbidding
forgiving1744343forgi_ving
forklifting2251663forklifting
fortified1646503fortif_ied
fortifier1546253fortif_ier
fortifies1548693fortif_ies
fortify1636523fortify___
fortuning1345493fort_uning
fructifying2352373fructifying
glorifying1843673glor_ifying
gratifying1874213gratifying
jollifying2443353jollifying
justifying2444053justifying
metrifying1945683metrifying
modifying1944663mo_difying
mollifying1944043mollifying
morticing1448013morti_cing
mortising1238693morti_sing
mystifying2243943mystifying
nitrifying1744783nitrifying
ossifying1644253_ossifying
petrifying1945823petrifying
portioning1347193portioning
portraying1645163portraying
purifying1835853pur_ifying
rarifying1646313rar_ifying
ratifying1656823_ratifying
rectifying1946373rectifying
reifying1539383__reifying
scorifying1944473scor_ifying
sortieing1046163sorti_eing
stratifying1843523stratifying
terrifying1745163terrifying
testifying1745403testifying
torrefying1742853torrefying
verbifying2244353verbifying
verifying1936413ver_ifying
versifying2045033versifying
vitrifying2044173vitrifying
zombifying3042743zombifying

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit140603596.48321688.0
3Display Results59590.0301966.7
 (SQL Overall)178691596.95325699.8
 
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