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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 “envy” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

61 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
envy1041125(None) 
envoy1156721envoy
any68440492an_y
bendy115017252bendy
benny105217362benny
bevy127115222bevy
cavy125920002cavy
davy116015522davy
deny86027122den_y
easy76224492easy
eave75733582eave
eddy93912092eddy
edgy94713532edgy
eely77725212eely
eery76129622eery
eggy96611852eggy
elmy95616792elmy
emmy116013242emmy
en28052392en__
end46834352en_d
ends56528522ends
enemy1059992enemy
eng46726782en_g
engs56121392engs
enjoy1545962enjoy
enol45823822enol
enow77819872enow
ens37245922en_s
ensky1235092ensky
entry82414262entry
enuf7323842enuf
envoi878022envoi
envoys1255142envoys
enzym1964392enzym
espy969372espy
eve66331162e_ve
eyry106315882eyry
fenny115115132fenny
heavy144814182heavy
henry114014472henry
inby95315662inby
inky115321582inky
inly75622212inly
ivy96317442_ivy
jenny153811622jenny
jivy176213112jivy
leavy115715772leavy
levy106418502levy
navy107518632navy
nay66952772_nay
nervy114610862nervy
neve76224832neve
nevi75116422nevi
only75319722only
peavy135014842peavy
penny105119452penny
tenty86121602tenty
tivy1014516862tivy
undy85015162undy
wavy136620472wavy
wenny114412462wenny

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit29872610.86034734.9
3Display Results61610.0163812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691611.156154577.0
 
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