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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 “recertifies” 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.

31 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
recertifies164470(None) 
decertifies1744571decertifies
recertified1754341recertified
certifies14310322__certifies
decertified1853932decertified
desertifies1544702desertifies
rectifies14310812rec__tifies
refortifies1753772refortifies
retestifies1444532retestifies
reverifies1645972rever_ifies
acetifies1447133_ace_tifies
certified1548423__certified
certifier1447353__certifier
certifiers1545153__certifiers
desertified1654103desertified
recertify1743643recertif__y
recertifying2183233recertifying
recodifies16106323rec_odifies
rectified1539253rec__tified
rectifier1457733rec__tifier
rectifiers1545173rec__tifiers
reedifies1347323re_e_difies
refortified1853443refortified
reidentifies1663223reidentifies
rejustifies2153123rejustifies
renotifies1356893re_notifies
repertories1355833repertories
repurifies1546143repur_ifies
retestified1554283retestified
reverified1745123rever_ified
uncertified17124633uncertified

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 Filter1786911216330.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121633315.61021681.5
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691316.02929638.6
 
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