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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 “acetifying” 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.

43 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
acetifying194445(None) 
acidifying2043422acidifying
aerifying1636492a_erifying
certifying1945312_certifying
citifying1845382_citifying
rectifying1946372rectifying
acetified1545893acetif_ied
acetifier1444863acetif_ier
acetifies1447133acetif_ies
acetify1545003acetify___
amplifying2144123amplifying
beatifying1945733beatifying
brutifying1943413brutifying
calcifying2144493calcifying
carnifying1945043carnifying
codifying1944953_codifying
decertifying2292793decertifying
deifying1637633_de_ifying
edifying1636083__edifying
facelifting2052113facelifting
fortifying2045153fortifying
gratifying1874213gratifying
identifying1943493identifying
justifying2444053justifying
metrifying1945683_metrifying
mortifying1944923mortifying
mystifying2243943mystifying
notifying1645623_notifying
pacifying2045503pac__ifying
petrifying1945823_petrifying
prettifying2044003prettifying
ratifying1656823_ratifying
recertifying2183233recertifying
reedifying1845243reedifying
reifying1539383_re_ifying
sanctifying2043283sanctifying
scarifying1945013scarifying
scorifying1944473scorifying
specifying2144683specifying
tackifying2343803tac_kifying
testifying1745403testifying
unedifying1843723unedifying
verifying1936413_verifying

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 Filter1786911406030.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit140603436.61021271.3
3Display Results43430.0331303.0
 (SQL Overall)178691437.09625181.9
 
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