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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 “bigaroons” 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
bigaroons124394(None) 
bigaroon1144591bigaroon_
picaroons1344672picaroons
rigadoons1142632rigadoons
baboons113211083b__aboons
barons85025383b__ar_ons
baryons121010473b__aryons
begroans1145503beg_roans
bicrons113410473bi_cr_ons
bifarious1443553bifarious
bigamous1385503biga_mous
bigarades1344143bigarades
bigfoots1443633big_foots
bighorns1445253big_horns
biotrons1037243biotr_ons
biparous1246923bipar_ous
bizarros1942713bizarro_s
bradoons1136763b_radoons
bugaboos1343403bugaboo_s
gaboons10289903__gaboons
gadroons1037013__gadroons
garcons102411643__garcons
garrons82713463__garrons
gigatons1046053giga_tons
jigaboos1842853jigaboo_s
ligations102111993ligations
ligroins946823lig_roins
macaroons1345563macaroons
maroons92615553__maroons
picaroon1245653picaroon_
pickaroons1852253pickaroons
rigadoon1043193rigadoon_
rigaudons1141943rigaudons

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 Filter1786911486410.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit148641337.31320325.6
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.79622920.9
 
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