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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 “bison” 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.

78 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
bison7571698(None) 
bisons83914371bisons
boson76019731boson
arson55118832arson
bacon95620592bacon
baron78131242baron
basin75026922basin
basion84315852basion
baton75822422baton
belon73924112belon
benison937122benison
besom95716972besom
besot76429712besot
beton76022062beton
bicorn103610102bicorn
bicron103710772bicron
bigos85020012bigos
bigot84828322bigot
bijou1458792bijou
billon83713832billon
bin56658642bi__n
bio57846082bi_o_
biog76122322bi_og
biont7727162bi_ont
bios66335322bi_os
bipod104410822bipod
biro66131212biro_
biros75325132biros
bis56860662bis__
bise66437102bis_e
bises75435622bises
bishop1336942bishop
bisk106523352bis_k
bisks115416802bisks
bizone1738602bizone
bolson8410682bolson
boon67142172b_oon
boron76727142boron
bosom95516922bosom
bosons85016652bosons
boston8513042boston
bosun75113592bosun
cion613330912ci_on
disown1036952disown
eikon939462eikon
foison948932foison
gibson935122gibson
gipon84212412gipon
giron66118992giron
grison7310102grison
hisn79620932his_n
hyson1138692hyson
icon66922042_icon
ikon85814952_ikon
ion36051022_i_on
iron46728462_iron
lion46334442li_on
mason74820182mason
meson74118312meson
miso67229902miso_
misos76523292misos
ninon55517382ninon
niton55418282niton
orison6411662orison
pinon76024532pinon
pion67235292pi_on
piso66727562piso_
pisos76021062pisos
piston83515922piston
piton76121582piton
poison8312222poison
prison8514022prison
risen54621882risen
son37761952__son
tigon63914442tigon
unison649032unison
vision9311312vision
visor82512832visor

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800781.48336277.8
3Display Results78780.0332363.6
 (SQL Overall)178691781.81298615.3
 
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