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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 “motorcycles” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

32 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
motorcycles205219(None) 
motorcycle1952091motorcycle_
motorcycled2181741motorcycled
monocycles1944612mono_cycles
motorcyclist2161832motorcyclist
monocycle1844443mono_cycle_
motorcades1543773motorc_ades
motorcycling2261633motorcycling
motorcyclists2261263motorcyclists
biocycles1843524_bio_cycles
exercycles2461744_exercycles
heterocycles2263154heterocycles
kilocycles2152214kilo_cycles
megacycles2052104m_egacycles
mobocracies1953064mobocracies
monocles12310674mono___cles
monocracies1755724monocracies
monocyclic1854214mono_cyclic
monocytes1647974mono_cy_tes
monorhymes2053524monorhy_mes
moorcocks1942774mo_orcoc_ks
motocrosses1552754motocrosses
motorbikes1852874motor_bikes
motorbuses1443744motor_buses
motorbusses1552134motorbusses
motorcade1443934motorc_ade_
motorcaded1652794motorc_aded
motorcars1394474motor__cars
motorises11311674motor__ises
motorizes20410784motor__izes
motorless1145724motor___less
tricycles1644364__tricycles

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819329.31015984.9
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691329.74918329.2
 
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