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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 “identify” 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.

47 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
identify154413(None) 
identity1245371identity
densify1435292_densify
identic1038042identi_c
reidentify1753132reidentify
acetify1545003ace_tify
beatify1536593_beatify
certify1546243_certify
dandify15245673_dandify
deify124112763_de__ify
denazify2442533_denazify
denitrify1643073_denitrify
density1137583_density
dentil74017883_denti_l
dentils84115583_dentils
dentin73919573_denti_n
dentine83320243_dentine
denting94422183_denting
dentins83419223_dentins
dentist8316743_dentist
destiny113111463_destiny
dignify1543893dign_ify
entity9312053__entity
gentrify1544683_gentrify
ideality1247153ideality
ideating10311703ideating
ideation9310493ideation
ideative1238573ideative
identical1246313identical
identified1545053identified
identifier1444263identifier
identifies1445803identifies
identifying1943493identifying
identikit1453463identikit
idoneity1243013idoneity
ignify1334513i_gn_ify
indemnify1851993indemnify
indenting11911263indenting
indention1049513indention
intensify1543993intensify
misidentify2091853misidentify
prenotify1744283prenotify
prettify1644343prettify
quantify2343863quantify
rectify1536453_rectify
renotify1454833_renotify
testify13246943_testify

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162476.93621073.0
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691477.35824285.3
 
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