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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 “acerbity” 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.

33 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
acerbity154427(None) 
acerbate1247532acerbate
acerbic1335642acerbi_c
acerate92818913acer_ate
acerb9312763acerb___
acerbated1465553acerbated
acerbates1347263acerbates
acerber1135243acerb_er
acerbest1245463acerbest
acerbities1444973acerbities
acervate1336983acervate
acetify1545003ace_tify
acidity1338593ac_idity
acridity1446913acridity
activity1647583activity
acuity1139373ac__uity
adversity1643813adversity
aerify122810113a_er_ify
aerily93017013a_er_ily
alterity1149843alter_ity
amenity1238333ame_nity
asperity1347223asper_ity
cecity1398153_ce_city
cerite84724873_cer_ite
certify1546243_certify
eternity1146683eternity
ferity122813343_fer_ity
maternity1444983maternity
overbite13312083overbite
paternity1444833paternity
scarcity1545093scarcity
verbify1834993_verbify
verity123714853_ver_ity

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162336.45322650.2
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.87525991.4
 
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