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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 “epicycle” 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.

37 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
epicycle174339(None) 
epicycles1843381epicycles
bicycle1643992_bicycle
epicyclic1753372epicyclic
hemicycle2152362hemicycle
pericycle1843112pericycle
tricycle1543892tricycle
unicycle15153182unicycle
bicycled1843133_bicycled
bicycler1742693_bicycler
bicycles1743883_bicycles
biocycle1743143biocycle
cycle1239523___cycle
dicycly1843273_dicycly
encircle1243943encircle
epical10413393epic_al_
epically15310583epically
epicene1148593epic_ene
epiclike1644143epiclike
epicure1136823epic_ure
epicuticle1651093epicuticle
epicycloid2052413epicycloid
epistle957893epi_stle
epistyle1364073epistyle
exercycle2371833exercycle
hemicycles2252443hemicycles
icicle1036583__icicle
megacycle1952063megacycle
pericycles1943083pericycles
pickle144215653_pic_kle
pinocle1138143_pinocle
recycle1445343_recycle
spicule11269933spic_ule
spiracle1255803spiracle
tricycles1644363tricycles
unicycled17143503unicycled
unicycles16143263unicycles

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162377.50019488.3
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691377.95222471.2
 
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