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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 “liveness” 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.

35 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
liveness11241139(None) 
aliveness1238221aliveness
likeness12229861likeness
liteness82213211liteness
liveners11217931liveners
alikeness1336332alikeness
direness9311302direness
fineness11310642fineness
hiveless14227932hiveless
lameness102612672lameness
lateness82614072lateness
levelness1245452levelness
licenses10118922licenses
lifeless11228142lifeless
limeless10249662limeless
liminess10510642liminess
limpness1246702limpness
lineless82711942lineless
lioness739102li_oness
litheness1247362litheness
liveliness1345632liveliness
livened11238932livene_d
livener10278942livene_r
livenesses13411072livenesses
livens94314892liven__s
lividness1344712lividness
loneness8512092loneness
loveless1168572loveless
naiveness1277492naiveness
niceness1039842niceness
rifeness1138582rifeness
ripeness1039362ripeness
vileness1139982vileness
wideness12259472wideness
wiseness112010752wiseness

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059353.28036908.2
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.68648478.3
 
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