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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 “knife” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

39 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
knife121001013(None) 
knifed14528121knifed
knifer13598561knifer
knifes136210211knifes
anile54634462anile
anime75423202anime
anise55129702anise
fife106027702_fife
kaif116933922kaif_
kaifs125715642kaifs
kibe106523432k_ibe
kief117128392k_ief
kif105941172k_if_
kifs116023502k_ifs
kike76524782k_ike
kine85643422k_ine
kite85338232k_ite
knave12389462knave
knawe12397882knawe
knee85323602kn_ee
knifers14537082knifers
knish1238602knish
knit85728142kni_t
knits93914742knits
knives13458552knives
koine9516482koine
life75433732_life
nice65534712_nice
nide55535782_nide
nine45842172_nine
nite45943582_nite
nixe115722022_nixe
rife74632322_rife
snide64318722snide
sniff113915852sniff
snipe75320572snipe
unify113611112unify
unite54828382unite
wife105228022_wife

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit53800392.11025497.6
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691392.21980527.7
 
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