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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 “salify” 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.

37 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
salify1231137(None) 
salsify1334701salsify
alif76242142_alif_
alifs86121262_alifs
basify1437512basify
calcify1735872calcify
calif104929102calif_
califs114915892califs
coalify1536682coalify
falsify1643612falsify
gasify1336332gasify
kalif125021362kalif_
kalifs134410982kalifs
nazify2134232nazify
pacify1667472pacify
qualify2235472qualify
ramify14268752ramify
rarify123210062rarify
ratify122610042ratify
salary9515212salary
salic73424712sali_c
salina64221122salina
saline65132702saline
saliva93110742saliva
sally85129712sal_ly
saltily10310542saltily
salty85524382sal_ty
sanity9316202sanity
satiny93817982satiny
satisfy1344182satisfy
scarify1537442scarify
sealift10312792sealift
slily85820032s_lily
slimy105417422s_limy
spliff1438602spliff
uglify1333912uglify
vilify1536772vilify

Search took 4 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 Limit82551372.73330205.3
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691373.10957475.4
 
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