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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 “bicycle” 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.

68 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
bicycle164399(None) 
bicycled1843131bicycled
bicycler1742691bicycler
bicycles1743881bicycles
biocycle1743141biocycle
bicyclers1842232bicyclers
bicyclic1643332bicyclic
binocle1136492binocle
biocycles1843522biocycles
cycle1239522__cycle
dicycly1843272dicycly
epicycle1743392epicycle
icicle1036582_icicle
recycle1445342recycle
tricycle1543892tricycle
unicycle15153182unicycle
baccae12119703bac_cae
bible95119423bi__ble
bice86235563bi__c_e
bicorne11297553bicorne
bicycling1942883bicycling
bicyclist1853443bicyclist
biface1358103bifac_e
bile66147183bi___le
bindle94516263bi_ndle
binnacle12325633binnacle
binocles1236413binocles
birle75023633bi__rle
bitable11312203bitable
bocce114313113boc_c_e
boccie123311453boc_cie
boucle103712783b_oucle
brickle15279933bric_kle
bricole112810493bric_ole
buckle144815193buc_kle
calycle14245833calycle
cicale10314503cic_ale
circle1039703ci_rcle
cycled1436543__cycled
cycler1335913__cycler
cycles1339303__cycles
cyclo1237703__cyclo
dicyclic1543863dicyclic
dicyclies1744033dicyclies
epicycles1843383epicycles
fickle153912973fic_kle
fictile1238023fictile
gigacycle1851003gigacycle
hemicycle2152363hemicycle
icicled1234293_icicled
icicles1135943_icicles
kilocycle2051983kilocycle
micelle1178343micelle
mickle143715133mic_kle
miracle1138843miracle
nickle123814483nic_kle
pericycle1843113pericycle
pickle144215653pic_kle
pinocle1138143pinocle
recycled1634813recycled
recycler1543683recycler
recycles1535353recycles
sickle124418323sic_kle
silicle937753silicle
tickle124616743tic_kle
tricycles1644363tricycles
unicycled17143503unicycled
unicycles16143263unicycles

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 Filter1786911340270.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit134027686.84319586.0
3Display Results68680.0302266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691687.29624491.6
 
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