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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 “signifying” 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.

47 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
signifying184441(None) 
dignifying1944151dignifying
ignifying1744311_ignifying
lignifying1843521lignifying
signifyings1951801signifyings
magnifying2044032magnifying
minifying1845822mi_nifying
nigrifying1843842nigrifying
vinifying1944712vi_nifying
carnifying1945043carnifying
citifying1845383ci_tifying
cornifying1944813cornifying
damnifying2043623damnifying
igniting1037363_igni_ting
liquifying2643373liquifying
lithifying2073643lithifying
micrifying2144813micrifying
nidifying1744223ni_difying
nitrifying1744783nitrifying
presignifying2351793presignifying
resinifying1844353resi_nifying
reunifying1745163reunifying
rigidifying2052083rigidifying
salifying1636333s_alifying
saponifying2052273saponifying
scarifying1945013scarifying
scorifying1944473scorifying
signaling1136563sign_aling
signalling1243803signalling
signeting1136223sign_eting
significs1543683signif_ics
signified1446043signif_ied
signifier1345713signif_ier
signifies1347063signif_ies
signify1444853signify___
signing92713963sign___ing
silicifying2062513silicifying
simplifying2243023simplifying
sniffing15227453s__niffing
specifying2144683specifying
uglifying1743963_uglifying
unifying1537553__unifying
vilifying1944493vi_lifying
vitrifying2044173vitrifying
vivifying2243843vi_vifying
zincifying2843253zincifying
zinkifying3042683zinkifying

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603475.37626153.8
3Display Results47470.0301566.7
 (SQL Overall)178691475.81230745.2
 
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