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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 “biblical” 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.

41 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
biblical144592(None) 
biblically1945062biblically
biotical1248862biotical
unbiblical1652122unbiblical
basilical1344203basilical
biaxial1645363biaxi_al
biblicism1743543biblicism
biblicist1544863biblicist
biblike1536893bibli_ke
biblist11310833bibli_st
biblists1236873biblists
bifacial15105273bifacial
bifocal1445373bi_focal
billycan1543223billycan
biocidal1344943biocidal
biological15128883biological
biracial12107973biracial
biradical14105323biradical
cubical1338463cub_ical
cyclical1445653cyclical
diabolical1553313diabolical
filial93013253fi_li_al
finical1239703fi_nical
helical12311153_helical
ilial55317843_i_li_al
lubrical12116093lubrical
milligal1145703milligal
mimical1339233mi_mical
niblick1544453niblic_k
niblicks1643763niblicks
plical10411683__plical
pollical1247953pollical
prebiblical1951543prebiblical
publican1444543publican
rubrical1296093rubrical
silica8311243si_lica_
silicas9310603si_licas
silvical1345223silvical
tibial849843tib_i_al
umbilical15113163umbilical
viatical1347063viatical

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162418.45317291.1
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691418.87520134.2
 
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