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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 “lightened” 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.

57 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
lightened144602(None) 
lightener1345691lightener
lightered1446281lightered
tightened1444961tightened
brightened1743162brightened
enlightened1652322enlightened
frightened1843242frightened
heightened1843012heightened
lichened1435752lich_ened
lighted122913502light__ed
lighten112811522lighten__
lighteners1444982lighteners
lightens122510002lighten_s
listened9168812li_stened
tightener1344702tightener
alighted1347673alight__ed
bighted142810923bight__ed
blighted1546863blight__ed
brightener1652963brightener
dighted132511493dight__ed
eighteen1245763eighte_en
eighteens1344883eighteens
flichtered1942133flichtered
flighted1646973flight__ed
glistened11174283gli_stened
highted152710163hight__ed
kittened1334523ki_ttened
latened8711923l__atened
lengthened15142803lengthened
lichted13268803licht__ed
ligated92414143ligat__ed
ligatured1143333ligatured
lightening15255053lightening
lighter113113443light__er
lighters123111393lighte_rs
lightest121410353lighte_st
lightfaced2072253lightfaced
lighting132811833lightin_g
lightings14277723lightings
lightness13107433lightness
lightninged1751373lightninged
lightwood1753183lightwood
likened12267353li__kened
lippened13255223li_ppened
listener8158313li_stener
littered92511383li_ttered
livened11238933li__vened
mittened1136363mi_ttened
plighted1546463plight__ed
retightened1652433retightened
richened1435953rich_ened
righted122912143right__ed
sighted123111523sight__ed
slighted1357393slight__ed
tighten11288973tighten__
tighteners1444043tighteners
tightens12297953tighten_s

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.513348325.5
2DLD Change Limit148641575.98624831.4
3Display Results57570.0301900.0
 (SQL Overall)178691576.52927368.8
 
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