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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 “icily” 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.

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
icily10121169(None) 
ickily1535751ickily
acidly125211792acidly
acidy117214892acidy
airily93014822airily
cicely1338832cicely
city95122622_city
coly96940532_coly
daily95922332daily
doily95321032doily
drily95816522drily
fickly18318532fickly
gaily95020972gaily
icicle1036582icicle
icier74313752icier
icing86017752icing
icky136315752ic_ky
icy86322122ic__y
idly85617322i_dly
illy76925332i_lly
imply124911842imply
inly75622212i_nly
itchily1574492itchily
juicily1935492juicily
lacily11612762lacily
licitly12276672licitly
lily76730182_lily
nicely1139492nicely
noily86120992noily
oilily93111722oilily
oily77932252_oily
pily96132732_pily
pricily142710282pricily
racily11715172racily
richly1438002richly
roily86121112roily
scaly104718722scaly
shily115222012shily
sickly153110482sickly
slily85820032slily
spicily1438652spicily
tidily102811392tidily
tinily94014432tinily
wilily123310762wilily
wily106428812_wily
wirily123310782wirily

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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800461.58034050.6
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691461.90393899.6
 
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