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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 “libraries” 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
libraries114699(None) 
librarian1154842librarian
librarians1263952librarians
librates103412952libra_tes
ambaries123312383amb_aries
bibberies1297133bibberies
binaries10314183bi_naries
braxies16711463__braxies
diaries83321953di__aries
dietaries10410663dietaries
fibrannes1443543fibrannes
laniaries9411223laniaries
liberalise1247593liberalise
liberalises1346833liberalises
liberalizes2246423liberalizes
liberates111012943libera_tes
liberties1149213liberties
librae84310173libra__e_
library1245323librar__y
libras83711703libra___s
librate93214233libra_te_
librated113110313libra_ted
librating1239053librating
libration111510163libration
librations12149063librations
linearise946433linearise
linearises1046343linearises
linearizes1945733linearizes
lingeries10511813lingeries
litanies8310993li_tanies
literacies1248803literacies
litharges1344143litharges
liveries11314373li_veries
lorries74518353l_or_ries
piracies12312643pi_racies
piscaries13410073piscaries
turbaries1147743turbaries
vibrances1645763vibrances
vibrancies1744423vibrancies
vibrates132210613vibra_tes
vivaries1439263vi_varies

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641417.20320636.0
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691417.62223444.1
 
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