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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 “basilicas” 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.

28 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
basilicas134373(None) 
basilica1244351basilica_
basilicae1343121basilicae
basilical1344201basilical
basilican1343201basilican
basilects1342972basilects
basilic1137492basilic__
basilisks1543102basilisks
silicas9310602__silicas
bailies94120203ba_ili_es
bailiffs1642563ba_iliffs
barillas10310203baril_las
baselines1138603baselines
basics104915123bas__ic_s
basidia1047623basidi_a_
basidial1145623basidi_al
basifiers1445203basifiers
basifies13310493basifi_es
basilar937313basil__ar
basilect1245903basilec_t
basilisk1444053basili_sk
basils85717473basil___s
brasilins1146243brasili_ns
brassicas1344053bras_sicas
gallicas1136933ga_llicas
maiolicas1343973maiolicas
majolicas2042573majolicas
silica8311243__silica_

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641289.23616093.7
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691289.68818444.6
 
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