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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 “marbly” 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.

40 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
marbly13411193(None) 
marble104219101marble
marly106925611mar_ly
ably99725132_a_bly
barely114716792barely
barfly14339652barfly
burbly134311152burbly
carboy134914182carboy
darkly145411072darkly
drably123511612drably
early85324122ear_ly
garble94118452garble
hardly135112832hardly
madly115218132ma_dly
mainly11411492mainly
manly105022952ma_nly
marbled123212112marbled
marbler113511672marbler
marbles114516652marbles
margay12310602margay
marl66341622mar_l_
marls75535162mar_ls
marry104821692mar_ry
marshy14558332marshy
marvy135014032mar_vy
mayfly1734402mayfly
mazily20610392mazily
merely111312592merely
mumbly15319462mumbly
murkly15368302murkly
partly116315472partly
rarely93513652rarely
smartly12497432smartly
tartly96014022tartly
wabbly16348362wabbly
wambly16388662wambly
warble113516602warble
warily122915092warily
warmly14228072warmly
yarely122810302yarely

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551402.64031269.3
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691402.99959583.5
 
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