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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 “bivalent” 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
bivalent134612(None) 
bivalents1444121bivalents
divalent1247781divalent
ambivalent1753092ambivalent
bivalence16124602bivalence
bivalency19123112bivalency
covalent1349222covalent
trivalent1246482trivalent
univalent1245652univalent
billet86029723bi_lle_t
bivalences17104343bivalences
bivalve1543593bival_ve
bivalved1742683bivalved
bivalves1643383bivalves
blent76230953b___lent
dialect101210263di_alect
divalence15135093divalence
equivalent2253213equivalent
exhalent1865573exhalent
filament13410033filament
ligament1149313ligament
misagent11410723misagent
prevalent14128063prevalent
rivaled1138933rivale_d
rivaling1239913rivaling
rivulet1069723rivule_t
silent64125843si__lent
talent6323323__talent
tervalent1245573tervalent
univalents1353843univalents
valet84337873__vale_t
violent102110813vi_olent
virulent1146433virulent

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162336.62322068.9
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.06225303.2
 
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