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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 “lithifying” 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.

28 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
lithifying207364(None) 
citifying1845382cit_ifying
lignifying1843522lignifying
liquifying2643372liquifying
nitrifying1744782nitrifying
vitrifying2044172vitrifying
dignifying1944153dignifying
ignifying1744313_ignifying
kitschifying285813kitschifying
liquefying2651803liquefying
lithified1644463lithif_ied
lithifies1545503lithif_ies
lithify1644763lithify___
lithoing1236743lith__oing
metrifying1945683metrifying
micrifying2144813micrifying
minifying1845823mi_nifying
nidifying1744223ni_difying
nigrifying1843843nigrifying
notifying1645623not_ifying
petrifying1945823petrifying
ratifying1656823rat_ifying
signifying1844413signifying
vilifying1944493vi_lifying
vinifying1944713vi_nifying
vivifying2243843vi_vifying
zincifying2843253zincifying
zinkifying3042683zinkifying

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 Filter1786911406030.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit140603285.64024929.6
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691286.08029390.0
 
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