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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 “lyci” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

55 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
loci66126281loci
lych126015761lych
asci66519142asci
duci76422622duci
foci94521012foci
fuci95720312fuci
fyce126316832fyce
glycin1235962glycin
gyri85415152gyri
lac510155822lac_
lace66848472lace
lack105837682lack
lacs66942482lacs
lacy95829632lacy
laic65931562laic
lari45839152lari
lati46438272lati
lech96825442lech
lei36846382l_ei
li29948752l__i
lice66045062lice
lich96230842lich
lichi104412952lichi
licit74327682licit
lick106935072lick
liri45128252liri
loca65527682loca
loch95527132loch
lock106134362lock
loco67030742loco
loti46431842loti
luce65132572luce
lucid84314572lucid
luck105329822luck
lwei75312642lwei
lycea10418942lycea
lycee104716742lycee
lycra10317972lycra
lye66533412ly_e
lyes75530832lyes
lynch13468982lynch
lynx1437422lynx
lyre75623792lyre
lyric104512722lyric
lyse76320592lyse
lysin84512782lysin
lysis84511462lysis
lytic104513032lytic
myc106519502myc_
mycs115314292mycs
pyic116915822pyic
syce95820282syce
syli74318982syli
unci65019462unci
wych154011882wych

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.283631417.0
2DLD Change Limit29872550.84335435.3
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691551.142156472.0
 
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