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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

83 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
fancy13461548(None) 
fanny114816041fanny
farcy135217091farcy
nancy105214921nancy
any68440492_an_y
banco94019392banco
bandy114824182bandy
banty106624002banty
candy115119822candy
canny105817692canny
canty105226802canty
chancy164010862chancy
dance85223132dance
dandy104416702dandy
face96140122fa_ce
fact97142542fa_ct
faddy135511622faddy
faery116015482faery
faggy136514372faggy
fairy115318282fairy
fakey155515422fakey
fan67158862fan__
fancify1834982fancify
fancily1538252fancily
fane75343572fan_e
fanes84639892fanes
fang85432552fan_g
fanga96119622fanga
fangs96224072fangs
fano75831692fan_o
fanon84619012fanon
fanos85926502fanos
fans76247372fan_s
fanum10313442fanum
farce104925322farce
farci105919312farci
fatly115716802fatly
fatty115117412fatty
fawny144711712fawny
fay97454862fa__y
fence105319912fence
fenny115115132fenny
fiance11310742fiance
finca104714502finca
finch135416972finch
finny114716752finny
franc104615412franc_
francs114112192francs
funky154315132funky
funny114614832funny
hance105424152hance
handy125520872handy
hanky155418292hanky
infancy1546172infancy
janty156816962janty
lacy95829632la_cy
lance75126722lance
lanky125517482lanky
mangy115021242mangy
manly105022952manly
many95731862man_y
mincy125817412mincy
nance74721842nance
nanny84813812nanny
pacy115328682pa_cy
pandy115021172pandy
pansy105717972pansy
panty105929302panty
racy95825682ra_cy
rance75028512rance
ranch105019792ranch
randy95022082randy
rangy95320382rangy
sandy94221132sandy
saucy104615162saucy
tangy94519932tangy
tansy84514932tansy
unfancy1545202unfancy
waney115120322waney
wanly115118022wanly
wany106432362wan_y
zany167316992zan_y
zincy195413512zincy

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800831.70331591.3
3Display Results83830.0302766.7
 (SQL Overall)178691832.02988068.5
 
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