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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forvalency” 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.

14 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
valency156546(None) 
valence1268771valence
agency1237032_agency
bivalency19123112bivalency
cadency1545892cadency
covalency1943832covalency
latency1236032latency
patency1466312patency
saliency13125392saliency
vacancy1744442vacancy
valance1269252valance
valences1388512valences
valencia1343762valencia
valiancy1674812valiancy

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit107671142.90337089.6
3Display Results14140.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691143.29654214.5