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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 “scabbles” 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.

34 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
scabbles1416798(None) 
scabble13168651scabble_
scabbled15156301scabbled
scrabbles15206281scrabbles
babbles104416322_babbles
brabbles11349752brabbles
cabbies133115162_cabbies
cables104527552_ca_bles
cobbles133814822_cobbles
dabbles124514772_dabbles
drabbles13308522drabbles
gabbles124415412_gabbles
grabbles13339892grabbles
rabbles113517972_rabbles
sables85026692s_a_bles
scabbed14408222scabb_ed
scabbier1435132scabbier
scabbiest1534922scabbiest
scabies11613332sca_bies
scales84529312sca__les
scrabble14196992scrabble_
scrabbled16154972scrabbled
scrabbler15195202scrabbler
scrabblers16213812scrabblers
scrambles15146382scrambles
scribbles15184952scribbles
scumbles1447022scumbles
shambles15159042shambles
squabbles2243632squabbles
stabiles10311402stabiles
stables93219072sta_bles
stubbles1236842stubbles
swabbies15115712swabbies
wabbles144013992_wabbles

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 Filter1786911210591.656107905.2
2DLD Change Limit121059345.90620497.6
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691347.57823580.2
 
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