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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 “looby” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

116 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
looby10811562(None) 
booby125319511booby
lobby125113921lobby
looey84822911looey
loony86918961loony
loopy105316641loopy
bloody124710172bloody
blooey115110792blooey
bloomy134510112bloomy
blowby16467512blowby
bobby114814662bobby
boob85932582boob_
boobs96221992boobs
boody115420402boody
boogy114518322boogy
boomy125421822boomy
booty106125912booty
boozy194917062boozy
cobby145516412cobby
colby124415062colby
cooey105828222cooey
cooky145321362cooky
cooly105525422cooly
corby125018532corby
dobby136013632dobby
doby106022162_doby
doody105517912doody
dooly94821802dooly
doomy116018262doomy
doozy186813712doozy
flooey123910172flooey
floosy12368152floosy
floozy21356612floozy
footy115820532footy
forby135317672forby
globby1434682globby
gloomy12528762gloomy
goby106021082_goby
goodby13406282goodby
goody105620392goody
gooey95522862gooey
goofy124915622goofy
gooky135818032gooky
goony95519782goony
goopy115816622goopy
goosy96018882goosy
hobby155913732hobby
hoody124919722hoody
hooey114926602hooey
hooky155220262hooky
hooly115022222hooly
hooty115022442hooty
kooky114412872kooky
lamby125114842lamby
limby125714072limby
loamy105913342loamy
lob57154462l_ob_
lobe65535362l_obe
lobo67229862l_obo
lobos75921842lobos
lobs66441082l_obs
lofty115813302lofty
loggy105714192loggy
logy87025782l_ogy
lolly85120662lolly
loo38359822loo__
looed64626132looed
looeys95110122looeys
loof78141052loo_f
loofa85912812loofa
loofs85623782loofs
looie55624242looie
look87333472loo_k
looks95124862looks
loom67035052loo_m
looms75124642looms
loon47344792loo_n
looney94712412looney
loons55731722loons
loop67835012loo_p
loops75723962loops
loos49051122loo_s
loose56627682loose
loot46955822loo_t
loots55431422loots
loppy125911662loppy
lorry86315672lorry
lory75931712l_ory
lossy85214642lossy
loury85716752loury
lousy84617082lousy
lowboy1435902lowboy
lowly114113332lowly
moody115017492moody
moony104818272moony
moory105115792moory
nobby125513462nobby
nooky124814812nooky
ology94113112ology
oozy167018132_oozy
orby97519602_orby
poboy121612222poboy
poofy136213272poofy
rooky126117622rooky
roomy107118062roomy
rooty86423022rooty
slobby1334802slobby
sooey84522432sooey
sooty84924842sooty
toby96322292_toby
womby155910092womby
woody125116882woody
wooly114417672wooly
woozy204410602woozy
zooey173914802zooey
zooty175415352zooty

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 Limit538001161.62333148.5
3Display Results1161160.0333515.2
 (SQL Overall)1786911161.749102167.5
 
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