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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 “bicycling” 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.

34 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
bicycling194288(None) 
bicyclic1643332bicycli_c
bicyclist1853442bicyclist
cycling1537212__cycling
recycling1734902recycling
unicycling1862842unicycling
bickering1837673bickering
bicycle1643993bicycl__e
bicycled1843133bicycl_ed
bicycler1742693bicycl_er
bicyclers1842233bicyclers
bicycles1743883bicycl_es
bicyclists1952283bicyclists
billing103823853bi__lling
birching16328463bi_rching
birling104317053bi__rling
bisecting1436973bisecting
bitching163610623bi_tching
buckling17259113buc_kling
byrling13337373b__yrling
circling1338423ci_rcling
cyclin1339273__cyclin_
cyclings1635373__cyclings
cyclins1438303__cyclins
cymling1536273__cymling
dicyclic1543863dicycli_c
dicyclies1744033dicyclies
nickeling1645393nickeling
nickling15278703nic_kling
pickling17239203pic_kling
siccing12319513sic_c_ing
sickling152910333sic_kling
ticcing12308633tic_c_ing
tickling15309433tic_kling

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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641346.56322648.3
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691347.01625469.1
 
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