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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 “brilliant” 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.

29 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
brilliant114568(None) 
brilliants1243071brilliants
brilliance1452232brilliance
brilliancy1751712brilliancy
brilliantly1651942brilliantly
unbrilliant1352152unbrilliant
billiard1145873b_illiard
billing103823853b_illi_ng
billion92212173b_illion_
billions102211793b_illions
billionth1444163b_illionth
brailling1247773brailli_ng
braillist1146193brailli_st
bridling122610583bridli_ng
brilliances1552293brilliances
brilliantine1461393brilliantine
brisant9312683bri__sant
brisling112410843brisli_ng
drilling103311983drilli_ng
frilliest1237113frilliest
frilling123011493frilli_ng
grilling103811533grilli_ng
prilling113413413prilli_ng
reliant7319243_r_eliant
rilling84023623_rilli_ng
trilling92815963trilli_ng
trillion847973trillion_
trillions947183trillions
trillionth1362973trillionth

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641297.28320409.3
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691297.70323197.6
 
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