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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 “basics” 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.

41 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
basics10491512(None) 
basic96220521basic_
basils85717471basils
basins85722761basins
basis75429861basi_s
abasias9711012abasias
asdics9439862_asdics
aspics104211562_aspics
babies106123652babies
bails75933522ba_ils
baits76630582ba_its
baric96125692baric_
bases75644352bas_es
bashes115631392bashes
basify1437512basify
basil75122272basi_l
basin75026922basi_n
basing95427662basing
basion84315852basion
basions94213952basions
basks115621762bas_ks
bass66146782bas__s
basses85428302basses
bassos85313702bassos
bastes85330382bastes
basts75936932bas_ts
batiks1239372batiks
brasils9410972brasils
busies85525262busies
bustics11810882bustics
darics94314112darics
easies64126632easies
laics76419252la_ics
magics115311612magics
manics103919932manics
mastics112614782mastics
musics103911782musics
oasis56422552oasi_s
panics103815362panics
sasins64923102sasins
sics65234092__sics

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551412.22037185.1
3Display Results41410.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691412.56369719.5
 
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