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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 “ratify” 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.

32 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
ratify12261004(None) 
gratify1436111gratify
ramify14268751ramify
rarify123210061rarify
artily92814712artily
basify1437512basify
beatify1536592beatify
brutify1543882brutify
citify1437442citify
gasify1336332gasify
nazify2134232nazify
notify1236942notify
pacify1667472pacify
racily11715172racily
rainy85921082ra_iny
rarefy12296342rarefy
rarity93615492rarity
ratany93411872ratany
ratine65131822ratine
rating74938702rating
ratio55227582rati_o
ration64226012ration
ratios64922672ratios
ratite65022422ratite
rattly94111542rattly
ratty84819592rat_ty
rectify1536452rectify
reify114814972r_eify
salify12311372salify
satiny93817982satiny
satisfy1344182satisfy
stratify1445702stratify

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551322.59331836.1
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691322.96660246.5
 
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