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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 “babied” 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.

88 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
babied11491351(None) 
babier103515571babier
babies106123651babies
abed79734132_ab_ed
abide86223712_abide
abided105313312_abided
abled86926832_abled
baaed85218162ba_aed
babbled113612862babbled
babe86835822bab_e_
babel95821692bab_el
babes95834112bab_es
babiest114414752babiest
bached145519892bached
backed155725722backed
badged114814792badged
baffed154812172baffed
bagged114519902bagged
bailed94726652bailed
baited95319242baited
baked126130772ba_ked
balded105417512balded
baled85436442ba_led
balked135219412balked
balled94926892balled
bammed133913242bammed
banded105223172banded
bandied114414302bandied
baned85436352ba_ned
banged104923732banged
banked135021442banked
banned94721342banned
barbed115121312barbed
barbie105018352barbie_
barbies114519592barbies
barded105426422barded
bared85144482ba_red
barfed125416382barfed
barged105822642barged
barked135027312barked
barned95623582barned
barred95725802barred
based85331582ba_sed
bashed126225702bashed
basined10310002basined
basked135218602basked
basted95227232basted
bated85935532ba_ted
bathed125518742bathed
batiked1435962batiked
batted95623652batted
bawled124415692bawled
bayed115423022ba_yed
belied95022162belied
bibbed104712342bibbed
blabbed11357812blabbed
bobbed104315832bobbed
bodied103814582bodied
bribed115312842bribed
buboed113010002buboed
buried94822372buried
busied95117222busied
cabbed135416262cabbed
cabined1239992cabined
cabled114819872cabled
caried94528692caried
dabbed124416142dabbed
fabled124216382fabled
gabbed125216892gabbed
gabies93820732gabies
gabled105518452gabled
habited1337882habited
jabbed184213482jabbed
lazied164610652lazied
nabbed115113612nabbed
rabid84520782rabi_d
rabies85226022rabies
rubied94312412rubied
sabbed114518082sabbed
sabed86526812sab_ed
sabred95916532sabred
tabbed114215362tabbed
tabbied12297792tabbied
tabid84418262tabi_d
tabled94020042tabled
tabued94310402tabued
taxied14509372taxied
varied104817862varied

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551883.72022191.1
3Display Results88880.0302933.3
 (SQL Overall)178691884.11043477.1
 
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