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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 “bicep” 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.

58 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
bicep11541354(None) 
bice86235561bice_
biceps12447711biceps
bices95029961bices
becap114315052becap
beep85931212b_eep
bicker144819172bicker
bide76041482bide_
bided95424962bided
bider85728372bider
bides85536772bides
bidet84935622bidet
bier65531832bi_er
bike106532602bike_
biked125320032biked
biker116022562biker
bikes117529472bikes
bile66147182bile_
biles75542142biles
bine66650862bine_
biner75930692biner
bines76946792bines
biped104718832biped
bise66437102bise_
bises75435622bises
bite66547002bite_
biter75030032biter
bites75641172bites
bize155926292bize_
bizes165923662bizes
bleep95013452bleep
cep75736332__cep
dice75841892dice_
diced95824682diced
dicer85426422dicer
dices86434242dices
dicey114819332dicey
fice95737112fice_
fices106031162fices
ibices10398162ibices
ice56737242_ice_
iced78721892_iced
ices66129642_ices
lice66045062lice_
mice87442232mice_
nice65534712nice_
nicer74618292nicer
pice84641092pice_
rice64942912rice_
riced85825542riced
ricer74726612ricer
rices75536152rices
sice65545592sice_
sices75637272sices
tricep103911072tricep
vice95732852vice_
viced115118182viced
vices105725532vices

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800581.40638264.6
3Display Results58580.0163625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691581.735102991.9
 
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