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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 “bobolink” 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.

46 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
bobolink164449(None) 
bobolinks1742491bobolinks
bobbling12238642bobbling
babbling12228693babbling
blink115720143__b_link
bobbin93410733bob_bin_
bobbing113113193bob_bing
bobbins103410343bob_bins
boggling13257163boggling
boiling103819673bo_iling
boink115516333__bo_ink
bolling103820883bo_lling
boobing123613913bo_obing
boodling121910243boodling
booing94521643bo_o_ing
booking143618383bo_oking
booming123716223bo_oming
booting103821363bo_oting
bootlick1664643bootlick
boozing194012163bo_ozing
bosoming1336643bosoming
bottling11279143bottling
botulin947653botulin_
botulins1047063botulins
boweling143410683boweling
bowline123613113bo_wline
bowling133916493bo_wling
bubaline1247163bubaline
bubbling12248223bubbling
cobbling15248803cobbling
cooling103422573co_oling
downlink1644523downlink
fooling113117373fo_oling
gobbling14257533gobbling
goblin939503gob_lin_
goblins1039243gob_lins
hobbling16227583hobbling
hoboing13309453hobo_ing
hotlink1476763ho_tlink
lobeline1039963lobeline
nobbling13228273nobbling
obelisk1345193_obelisk
oboli73712873_oboli__
pooling103219093po_oling
tooling82918313to_oling
wobbling16246923wobbling

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 Filter1786911461620.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit146162467.72018932.9
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691467.90622601.9
 
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