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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 “livest” 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.

64 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
livest9531573(None) 
divest106820071divest
lievest1048341lievest
likest104914381likest
lives86133191lives_
airest63825262airest
civet105828732cive_t
civets115212542civets
devest104418702devest
digest84019622digest
direst75024242direst
divert103922812divert
dives95832402dives_
divests114510932divests
finest94321732finest
fives116027362fives_
fliest94718432fli_est
gives95324872gives_
hives116925512hives_
illest63615722illest
invest93014842invest
jives154820812jives_
jiviest1738112jiviest
lamest84722762lamest
latest63822702latest
laves86039152laves_
laxest134913362laxest
lest46956322l__est
liefest1038442liefest
lies46454192li_es_
likes96231902likes_
limes75636502limes_
limiest93716102limiest
limpest113712312limpest
lines57054572lines_
liniest73321152liniest
list47055342li__st
lithest10513912lithest
live76540992live__
lived95523722live_d
lively123310812lively
liven85021732live_n
livens94314892livens
liver85132962live_r
livers94927822livers
livery124910902livery
livres94311862livres_
loves85332012loves_
lowest93915592lowest
naivest10309472naivest
nicest82315662nicest
olives94313952olives_
revest94623602revest
rifest93114582rifest
ripest84317942ripest
rives85336002rives_
rivet85636362rive_t
rivets94417112rivets
sliest66621952sli_est
vest75743602__vest
vilest9416842vilest
widest104517002widest
wisest95016442wisest
wives115328922wives_

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551642.48333246.5
3Display Results64640.0164000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691642.85962501.2
 
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