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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

45 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
debye113890(None) 
debyes1238101debyes
abye97921002_abye
bye86134592__bye
deave95022332deave
deb66342692deb__
debag94212302debag
debar85517862debar
debase94014472debase
debate94419192debate
debit85727852debit
debone93714782debone
debs76530242deb_s
debt77139022deb_t
debts86418372debts
debug94210062debug
debut86024142debut
dee47665822de__e
defy114921262defy_
deice84320032deice
deke95228762de_ke
dele56843082de_le
delve96018262delve
deme76536282de_me
demy105422852demy_
dene56643412de_ne
dense65923502dense
deny86027122deny_
derby114715342derby_
dere56845902de_re
deuce84517492deuce
dewy115419022dewy_
dexie134716892dexie
dexy156118552dexy_
dey77243372de_y_
deys85027472de_ys
dobie84920332dobie
doby106022162doby_
dye75334842d__ye
eye65539772_e_ye
hebe96424702heb_e
inbye10427062inbye
rebbe9313162rebbe
redye94413462redye
upbye1244792upbye

Search took 4 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 Filter178691538000.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit53800453.45315580.7
3Display Results45450.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691453.56350151.8
 
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