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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 “biyearly” 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
biyearly164339(None) 
linearly1146792linearly
yearly125210272__yearly
beggarly15293393beggarly
beweary1536223bewear_y
bialy105119323bi__a_ly
biddably17173543biddably
bifilarly1752333bifilarly
bihourly1663063bihourly
biliary1238213biliar_y
binary11312223bi_nar_y
biparty1445583bi_party
bipedally1743503bipedally
biteable1237933biteable
bitterly1335603bitterly
biweekly2041593biweekly
bleakly1634663b_leakly
blearily1365953b_learily
bleary115112553b_lear_y
clearly1236663_clearly
dearly104615323__dearly
early85324123___early
ideally1137793_ideally
lineally1137793lineally
miserly12329823mise_rly
nearly94813733__nearly
pearly116414843__pearly
semiyearly1852093semiyearly
sizeably2244683sizeably
vicarly1536463vi_carly

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162307.47019566.5
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.90622601.9
 
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