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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 “dicyclies” 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.

33 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
dicyclies174403(None) 
bicycles1743882bicycl_es
dicyclic1543862dicycli_c
bicycle1643993bicycl_e_
bicycled1843133bicycl_ed
bicycler1742693bicycl_er
bicyclers1842233bicyclers
bicyclic1643333bicycli_c
bicycling1942883bicycling
bicyclist1853443bicyclist
bicyclists1952283bicyclists
biocycles1843523biocycl_es
cicelies1269753cic_elies
cycles1339303__cycl_es
cyclins1438303__cyclins
cyclizes2445523__cyclizes
dayflies1534463d_ayflies
diarchies1546753diarchies
dickies143416343di__ckies
diclinies1247833diclinies
dicycly1843273dicycl__y
diddlies1137593di_ddlies
dillies84122163di__llies
dioecies1138933dioec_ies
doylies114512573d_oy_lies
encyclics1552763encyclics
epicycles1843383epicycl_es
icicles1135943_icicl_es
recycles1535353recycl_es
sicklies14710013sic_klies
tricycles1644363tricycl_es
tricyclics1652363tricyclics
unicycles16143263unicycl_es

Search took 7 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 Limit148641336.06324516.1
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.49927495.2
 
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