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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 “biliousnesses” 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.

26 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
biliousnesses154730(None) 
biliousness1367282biliousne_s_s
viciousnesses1848062viciousnesses
ambitiousnesses1964933ambitiousnesses
anxiousnesses2057713anxiousnesses
bibulousnesses1884163bibulousnesses
callousnesses1556463callousnesses
copiousnesses1747813copiousnesses
curiousnesses1549033curiousnesses
deviousnesses1747743deviousnesses
dubiousnesses1677083dubiousnesses
enviousnesses1647893enviousnesses
hideousnesses1755843hideousnesses
hilariousnesses1864893hilariousnesses
noxiousnesses2047183noxiousnesses
obliviousnesses2083943obliviousnesses
obviousnesses1866303obviousnesses
odiousnesses1348003_odiousnesses
piousnesses1348993__piousnesses
piteousnesses1557173piteousnesses
riotousnesses1357303riotousnesses
seriousnesses1249903seriousnesses
sinuousnesses1247313sinuousnesses
tediousnesses1447773tediousnesses
variousnesses1648693variousnesses
viscousnesses1786003viscousnesses

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 Filter178691658740.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit65874263.12321093.2
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691263.52950635.0
 
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