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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 “basilary” 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.

55 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
basilary134507(None) 
basilar937311basilar_
bacillary1673972bacillary
alary86123443_a__lary
apiary113910383_api_ary
ariary94114203_ari_ary
ashlar9338203_ashlar_
ashlars10297063_ashlars
aviary12338413_avi_ary
axillary18235103_axillary
bacillar1276543bacillar_
bailer85425253ba_iler_
bailers94221353ba_ilers
bailey115015673ba_il_ey
bailor83412603ba_ilor_
bailors93212413ba_ilors
balladry1444213ba_lladry
basally1237963basal_ly
basely114412313basel__y
basically1648033basically
basicity1546323basicity
basify1437513basi__fy
basil75122273basil___
basilect1245903basilect
basilic1137493basil_ic
basilica1244353basilica
basilisk1444053basilisk
basils85717473basil__s
basinal9310033basina_l
basketry1743513basketry
bassly114610073bassl__y
bastard103012423bas_tard
bastardy14326003bas_tardy
bestiary1344813bestiary
bifilar1244043bifilar_
bifilarly1752333bifilarly
biliary1238213b__iliary
binary11312223b__inary
briary114912003b_ri_ary
burglary1473133burglary
busily112211503busil__y
capillary16134273capillary
cavitary1664963cavitary
easily9313023easil__y
janisary1843623janisary
janizary2742483janizary
laminary13337253laminary
laniary1068013lani_ary
lapidary1454093lapidary
maxillary2143443maxillary
papillary1694413papillary
pupilary15104123pupilary
salary9515213__salary
salivary1444733salivary
sanitary1146753sanitary

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162557.37619815.9
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691557.82822827.2
 
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