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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 “blimy” 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.

63 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
blimy12521282(None) 
blimey13468451blimey
blimp115612941blimp
limy95727711_limy
slimy105417421slimy
balmy125217472balmy
barmy125218762barmy
beamy126218572beamy
beigy111110582beigy
bilby124912352bilby
bilgy114713712bilgy
billy105525362billy
bima86723832b_ima
blam86131702blam_
blame95625492blame
blams95023852blams
blimps12588152blimps
blin67228172bli_n
blind86319322blind
blini75519272blini
blink115720142blink
blip88322772bli_p
blips95615782blips
bliss75616912bliss
blite76225352blite
blitz165318132blitz
bloomy134510112bloomy
blowy134315322blowy
bluey104817052bluey
blume95619892blume
boomy125421822boomy
brim85629372brim_
brims94721622brims
briny104719662briny
climb115413592climb
clime95720892clime
elmy95616792el_my
filmy136114042filmy
flamy135217472flamy
flimsy14345562flimsy
glim76026352glim_
glime85620192glime
glims87417672glims
grimy114312602grimy
lily76730182_lily
lima65734132_lima
limb85429382_limb
limby125714072_limby
lime66244932_lime
limey104721042_limey
limn66527692_limn
limo65529732_limo
limp88432492_limp
liny78141322_liny
plumy124213232plumy
rimy96621282_rimy
slily85820032slily
slim66631962slim_
slime74925752slime
slimly11408902slimly
slims75423652slims
slimsy11407722slimsy
stimy105114742stimy

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 Limit53800631.56334421.0
3Display Results63630.0163937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691631.672106872.6
 
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