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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 “lambency” 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.

36 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
lambency174320(None) 
lambent113711302lamben_t
lambently1643392lambently
latency1236032la_tency
agency1237033_a_gency
ambery133811133_ambe_ry
ambience1455353_ambience
ardency1346483_ardency
cadency1545893ca_dency
clemency1743693clem_ency
flamenco1543193flam_enco
lambed115614783lambe__d
lambencies1643803lambencies
lamber104418493lambe__r
lambers113817113lambe_rs
lambert113617113lambe_rt
lamberts12348793lamberts
lambing123412413lambin_g
lamby125114843lamb___y
lamely114013223lam_e_ly
lament85024943lam_en_t
laments94314853lam_ents
larceny1234853larcen_y
leniency1345313leniency
limbeck1744173limbe_ck
limberly1544463limberly
lucency14104903l_ucency
lumberly1544683lumberly
nascency1543693nascency
patency1466313pa_tency
plangency1742803plangency
rampancy1743693rampancy
saliency13125393saliency
sapiency15114493sapiency
tangency1444563tangency
valency1565463va_lency

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 Limit146162367.12620511.1
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691367.57523589.6
 
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