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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 “ratifies” 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
ratifies1131351(None) 
gratifies1347991gratifies
ramifies13310501ramifies
rarifies11311931rarifies
ratified12310501ratified
ratifier1139671ratifier
ratifiers1236451ratifiers
artifices1446472artifices
basifies13310492basifies
beatifies1459282beatifies
brutifies1445712brutifies
citifies13310682citifies
gasifies1238692gasifies
gratified1446252gratified
gratifier1345822gratifier
gratifiers1443862gratifiers
nazifies2036062nazifies
notifies11310422notifies
pacifies15311222pacifies
ramified1438042ramified
ramilies10311832ramilies
rarefies1138992rarefies
rarified1239052rarified
rarities8316332rarities
ratafees1144142ratafees
ratafias1145322ratafias
ratanies8312922ratanies
raticides1248692raticides
ratines75328582rati_nes
ratites74920682rati_tes
rectifies14310812rectifies
reifies104218282r_eifies
salifies11314792salifies
satisfies1245322satisfies
stratifies1346742stratifies

Search took 5 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 Limit121059353.86031362.4
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691354.26641887.2
 
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