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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 “bisons” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

72 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
bisons8391437(None) 
bison75716981bison_
bosons85016651bosons
arsons63917212arsons
bacons104917582bacons
barons85025382barons
basins85722762basins
basions94213952basions
batons85519422batons
belons84119412belons
benisons1037042benisons
besoms105712732besoms
besots86415452besots
betons84919552betons
bicorns11338762bicorns
bicrons113410472bicrons
bigos85020012bigo_s
bigots95015132bigots
bijous1548042bijous
billons93013362billons
binocs1039922binocs
bins66548262bi__ns
biogs85016112bi_ogs
biont7727162bi_ont
bionts8612392bi_onts
bios66335332bi_o_s
bipods11408592bipods
biros75325132biro_s
bises75435622bis_es
bishops1437032bishops
bisks115416802bis_ks
bizone1738602bizone
bizones1837822bizones
bolsons969482bolsons
boons75031912b_oons
borons85520542borons
bosoms104913052bosoms
boson76019732boson_
bostons9312902bostons
bosuns8439382bosuns
cions75222852ci_ons
disowns1136732disowns
eikons1038502eikons
foisons1047612foisons
gibsons1045042gibsons
gipons9389602gipons
girons75014372girons
grisons838992grisons
hysons1237632hysons
icons76516492_icons
ikons96311012_ikons
ions46737852_i_ons
irons55324132_irons
lions55923212li_ons
masons83916512masons
mesons83215842mesons
misos76523292miso_s
ninons64913772ninons
nitons64614902nitons
orisons7310562orisons
pinons86019942pinons
pions75826392pi_ons
pisos76021062piso_s
pistons93016372pistons
pitons85319042pitons
poisons9310352poisons
prisons9313222prisons
sons46049552__sons
tigons74112262tigons
unisons748422unisons
visions10311022visions
visors92912222visors

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551722.48333246.5
3Display Results72720.0164500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691722.87562153.4
 
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