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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 “bicyclic” 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.

35 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
bicyclic164333(None) 
dicyclic1543861dicyclic
acyclic1345572_acyclic
alicyclic1552202alicyclic
bicycle1643992bicycl_e
bicycled1843132bicycled
bicycler1742692bicycler
bicycles1743882bicycles
bicycling1942882bicycling
bicyclist1853442bicyclist
cyclic1238032__cyclic
encyclic1444252encyclic
epicyclic1753372epicyclic
tricyclic1553152tricyclic
bacchic1545813bac_chic
beylic1337823b_ey_lic
bicyclers1842233bicyclers
bicyclists1952283bicyclists
biocycle1743143biocycl_e
biocycles1843523biocycles
bucolic1345593buc_olic
cyclin1339273__cyclin
dicyclies1744033dicyclies
dicycly1843273dicycl_y
encyclics1552763encyclics
exocyclic2253043exocyclic
idyllic1342973_idyllic
isocyclic1552853isocyclic
nickelic1643273nickelic
noncyclic1554073noncyclic
pericyclic1853013pericyclic
sibylic1444633siby_lic
sibyllic1542313sibyllic
tricyclics1652363tricyclics
vinylic1543883viny_lic

Search took 7 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 Limit146162356.42022766.7
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691356.85926052.0
 
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