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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 “dobby” 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.

74 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
dobby13601363(None) 
bobby114814661bobby
cobby145516411cobby
doby106022161do_by
hobby155913731hobby
lobby125113921lobby
nobby125513461nobby
booby125319512booby
bubby115013932bubby
cabby145314562cabby
cobb106422002cobb_
cobbs115013992cobbs
colby124415062colby
corby125018532corby
cubby145212122cubby
dauby115211222dauby
derby114715342derby
dobber114015422dobber
dobbin11339522dobbin
dobie84920332dobie
dobla84913642dobla
dobra85013102dobra
dobro84412212dobro
dodgy116611462dodgy
dogey105719512dogey
doggy115214872doggy
dogy96126492do_gy
doily95321032doily
dolly96125202dolly
donsy96414682donsy
doody105517912doody
dooly94821802dooly
doomy116018262doomy
doozy186813712doozy
dopey116020352dopey
dopy106224152do_py
dorky135518742dorky
dormy115817472dormy
dorty96220812dorty
dory85836232do_ry
dotty94516102dotty
doty86128222do_ty
doubly12328962doubly
doubt8720092doubt
dowdy136112542dowdy
downy125714552downy
dowry126312482dowry
doxy156419952do_xy
doyly124514012doyly
dozy175920322do_zy
forby135317672forby
gabby135512952gabby
globby1434682globby
goby106021082go_by
hubby155011402hubby
knobby1732712knobby
looby108115622looby
nobly105314402nobly
nubby125011032nubby
obey96521302_obey
orby97519602_orby
poboy121612222poboy
ribby12419682ribby
rubby124413862rubby
slobby1334802slobby
snobby1334402snobby
tabby125213892tabby
toby96322292to_by
tubby124511402tubby
webby1537152webby
wobbly16347092wobbly
womby155910092womby
yabby15389752yabby
yobbo1237872yobbo

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit53800741.39038705.0
3Display Results74740.0332242.4
 (SQL Overall)178691741.516117870.1
 
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