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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 “bifacial” 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.

44 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
bifacial1510527(None) 
biracial12107971biracial
biaxial1645362bi_axial
bifacially2052682bifacially
bifocal1445372bifoc_al
bilabial1265682bilabial
biradial1167712biradial
facial113615632__facial
trifacial1444692trifacial
biaxal1536093bi_a_xal
biblical1445923biblical
bicaudal1343423bicaudal
biennial1065093biennial
biface1358103bifac__e
bifaces1448063bifac_es
bifocals1543703bifoc_als
bilabials1393653bilabials
bimanual1243753bimanual
binaural1045413binaural
binomial1246223binomial
biocidal1344943bi_ocidal
biosocial1344043biosocial
biotical1248863biotical
biradical14105323biradical
brachial15219303b_rachial
breccial1444693breccial
edificial1553573edificial
facia103218463__facia_
faciae112913413__faciae
facials123310743__facials
facias113415803__facias
fascial1258303__fascial
faucial1257323__faucial
fecial114714623__fecial
fiducial1443263fiducial
filarial1147863filarial
financial1443683financial
glacial1038143_glacial
official1644893official
orificial1444373orificial
racial83419243__racial
spacial1138763_spacial
trifacials1553013trifacials
vicarial1347793vicarial

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 Limit146162447.50019488.3
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691447.93622516.5
 
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