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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 “bialies” 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.

49 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
bialies9361841(None) 
bailies94120201bailies
bialis83617161biali_s
billies93923501billies
babies106123652b_abies
bailees93914382bailees
bailie83818362bailie_
baldies105317702b_aldies
bales76250082b_al_es
ballies93725742ballies
beanies93821092beanies
belies84631052b_elies
bellies94023722bellies
biali73419072biali__
bialys11387912bial_ys
biases84618432bia_ses
biasses94911652biasses
bibles104617642bibl_es
biddies113514492biddies
biffies152710852biffies
bigamies1337372bigamies
biggies113813522biggies
bikies124515162bi_kies
bilbies114712342bilbies
biles75542142bi_l_es
bilges94915632bi_lges
billie85019172billie_
binaries10314182binaries
birdies104016212birdies
birkies133712432birkies
birles84920642birl_es
bivalves1643382bivalves
braxies16711462braxies
bullies94121892bullies
dailies84219262dailies
diaries83321952diaries
dillies84122162dillies
fillies103420252fillies
gillies84120962gillies
girlies83013702girlies
goalies8316022goalies
killies113318112killies
lilies63021412li_lies
mealies92821932mealies
mislies92922282mislies
sialids839722sialids
sillies73425082sillies
walies95324522_walies
willies103920152willies

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671495.92018187.7
3Display Results49490.0331484.8
 (SQL Overall)178691496.32928233.7
 
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