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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 “megabyte” 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.

32 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
megabyte164319(None) 
megabytes1743181megabytes
exabyte1943522_exabyte
gigabyte1541902gigabyte
megabit12117962megabit_
megabits1355792megabits
megadyne1542692megadyne
petabyte1542782petabyte
terabyte1353552terabyte
egalite8311563_egalite
exabytes2043613_exabytes
gigabytes1641723gigabytes
legate72917453lega__te
megabar1244503megab_ar
megabars1344403megabars
megabuck1951623megabuck
megacity1645713megacity
megacycle1952063megacycle
megadose1244493megadose
megadynes1642773megadynes
megahit1378773megahit_
megahits1445683megahits
megalith1448243megalith
megapode1444303megapode
megasse10266243mega_sse
megawatt1444653megawatt
melanite10512033melanite
metate82720533meta__te
negate72915573nega__te
petabytes1642793petabytes
terabytes1443333terabytes
zettabyte235983zettabyte

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit146162327.65619091.2
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691328.12222000.9
 
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