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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 “bignonias” 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.

30 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
bignonias124378(None) 
bignonia1144231bignonia_
begonias1146262beg_onias
pignolias1243722pignolias
agnosias947243_agnosias
bedsonias1243013bedsonias
begonia1047213beg_onia_
biennia994933bien_nia_
biennial1065093bien_nial
biennials1183633bien_nials
binomial1246223bi_nomial
binomials1343903bi_nomials
bionics114310873bi__onics
bionomics1574583bionomics
bionomies1397153bionomies
boltonias1145123boltonias
ignatias944913_ignatias
magnolias1244723magnolias
mignons1037863mignon__s
pignolia1144383pignolia_
pignolis1146053pignoli_s
pogonias1148513pog_onias
signoras9306553signo_ras
signories10107853signories
signorinas1152673signorinas
sinfonias1244313sinfonias
sinopias1047873si_nopias
tithonias1285253tithonias
zinnias1635863zi_n_nias
zirconias2043023zirconias

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641306.19024013.1
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691306.62326980.4
 
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