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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

114 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
byelaws153326(None) 
byelaw1444251byelaw_
bylaws14415831by_laws
belays114313852b_elays
belows114614182b_elows
blaws105620462b__laws
bylaw13408602by_law_
byplays1743102byplays
akelas10311193akela_s
baklawa1643403baklawa
baklawas1743213baklawas
balas76937213b_ala_s
ballads104212913ballads
barlows12259973barlows
bashaws15347713bashaws
beads85429503b_e_ads
beaks115326623b_e_aks
beams95328173b_e_ams
beans75734693b_e_ans
bears75739043b_e_ars
beats76042243b_e_ats
beaus75127113b_e_aus
becaps123811403b_ecaps
bedews12398943b_edews
bedlams1237053bedlams
beflags1355493beflags
beglads11127263beglads
belady12489933b_elady
belaud939133b_elaud
belauds1036643b_elauds
belay105021523b_ela_y
beldams1237053b_eldams
beleaps1138053b_eleaps
belgas9311713b_elgas
belies84631053b_elies
belles85325993b_elles
bellows124313303bellows
bells76432163b_el_ls
belons84119413b_elons
below104617193b_elow_
bels66142493b_el__s
belts75931163b_el_ts
bemas96424283b_ema_s
betas75528763b_eta_s
beylics1436183beylics
beyliks1634853beyliks
bields94110003biel_ds
billows123611293billows
blabs95619633b__labs
blahs105616513b__lahs
blams95023853b__lams
blats75132503b__lats
blaw97026723b__law_
blawn106813703b__lawn
bleaks125112433ble_aks
blears85116453ble_ars
bleats85518613ble_ats
blows105423833b__lows
bolas74733763b_ola_s
boylas113011723boyla_s
braws106425193b__raws
breads95419203bre_ads
breaks124816423bre_aks
breams104815043bre_ams
brews105617073bre__ws
burlaps1156253burlaps
byes95230533bye___s
bypass1345043by_pass
byplay1634193bypla_y
byrls105711233byrl__s
byroads1335293byroads
bytalks1632713bytalks
byways1734673by_ways
chelas113817203chela_s
claws106020833__claws
declaws1336253declaws
delays104014053_delays
elans55527753__elans
eyebars1245333eyebars
eyeglass1263333eyeglass
eyelash1344563eyelash
eyeless1058053eyeless
eyelets1057523eyelets
eyelids1135943eyelids
flaws115920343__flaws
geegaws1242343geegaws
heehaws1643343heehaws
hyenas1288953hyena_s
hylas114815903hy_la_s
laws76441683___laws
myelins1237353myelins
mylars114310443my_lars
nyalas936903nyala_s
outlaws10249603outlaws
pilaws11399433_pilaws
prelaw1139103prelaw_
relays94316753_relays
resaws93713513_resaws
seesaws1034703seesaws
selahs9313213_selahs
slaws85222713__slaws
velars93913723_velars
xylans1635883xy_lans
yaws105531213_y__aws
yeahs115214553_ye_ahs
yeans86624883_ye_ans
years84527673_ye_ars
yeas78638423_ye_a_s
yelks126413623_yel_ks
yellows13329603_yellows
yells85821943_yel_ls
yelps105712993_yel_ps
yews105323963_ye__ws
yulans958673_yulans

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 Filter1786911340270.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit1340271146.64320175.7
3Display Results1141140.0303800.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911147.07625253.1
 
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