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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 “affinity” 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.

46 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
affinity174498(None) 
affinely1743862affinely
aminity12310512a_minity
infinity1447312infinity
ability12311443a_bility
acidity1338593a_cidity
acridity1446913acridity
activity1647583activity
affability2145683affability
affiant1348433affiant_
affiants1445233affiants
affiliate1545323affiliate
affinal1336443affin_al
affine12310503affin__e
affined1436413affin_ed
affines1339483affin_es
affinities1645713affinities
affixial2143593affixial
affixing2264333affixing
agility1148653a_gility
algidity1345283algidity
amenity1238333a_menity
anility10312723a_nility
anticity13313603anticity
aridity11510113a_ridity
asininity1243473asininity
avidity1436483a_vidity
bifidity1743703bifidity
bovinity1645023bovinity
caninity1338063caninity
definite1239323definite
divinity1546163divinity
equinity2045653equinity
facility1638243facility
felinity1447283felinity
feminity1647543feminity
finite9316823__finite
finito9310303__finito
fixity19427803__fixity
flinty126112493_flin_ty
infinite1149593infinite
latinity1138813latinity
raffinate1545023raffinate
salinity1138893salinity
trinity10310843_trinity
vicinity1645813vicinity

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162466.73321708.3
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691467.18524870.0
 
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