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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 “deviancy” 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.

41 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
deviancy175418(None) 
deviance1477081deviance
defiance1477632defiance
deviances1566492deviances
deviant11311312devian_t
deviants1236732deviants
decency1537453de_cency
defiances1557033defiances
defiant11311923defian_t
defiantly1644153defiantly
delicacy1644253delicacy
deniably1448553deniably
deviancies1644593deviancies
deviate11312713devia_te
deviated13311043deviated
deviates12312733deviates
deviator1248313deviator
deviatory1666443deviatory
device124512163devi__ce
devilry1433973devi_lry
deviltry1542983deviltry
dezinc1836053dezi_nc_
dezincs1933753dezi_ncs
dominancy1744153dominancy
dormancy1644423dormancy
errancy1256363_errancy
evince1137763_evi_nce
feminacy1844443feminacy
geomancy1644153geomancy
hesitancy1743543hesitancy
leniency1345313leniency
mediacy1536143media_cy
medianly14125943medianly
peccancy1643953peccancy
pliancy1435593_pliancy
radiancy1445333radiancy
regnancy1444773regnancy
reliance10310473reliance
tenancy1237503te_nancy
valiancy1674813valiancy
verdancy1744723verdancy

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162416.53022383.2
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691416.96625651.9
 
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