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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 “drabbing” 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.

43 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
drabbing1428680(None) 
crabbing15287931crabbing
dabbing133511231d_abbing
drabbling1544551drabbling
dribbing14325881dribbing
drubbing14286051drubbing
grabbing14267311grabbing
blabbing12266722blabbing
brabbling1334962brabbling
cabbing143613152_cabbing
cribbing15276842cribbing
dabbling14227972d_abbling
daubing11358622d_aubing
dibbing133110892d_ibbing
drafting13339402drafting
dragging12308102dragging
draining103312672draining
dramming14347562dramming
draping114213352dra_ping
dratting10389652dratting
drawing123812052dra_wing
drawling13318672drawling
draying123813842dra_ying
dribbling1533712dribbling
drubbings15262882drubbings
dubbing133311212d_ubbing
gabbing133512032_gabbing
grabbling1564582grabbling
grubbing14295402grubbing
jabbing19319412_jabbing
nabbing12299962_nabbing
rabbin103112302_rabbin_
rabbins112811342_rabbins
rabbling13239332_rabbling
ribbing123111952_ribbing
robbing123313212_robbing
rubbing123412272_rubbing
sabbing123314742_sabbing
scabbing15277192scabbing
slabbing13287782slabbing
stabbing13238762stabbing
swabbing16246452swabbing
tabbing123611912_tabbing

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 Filter1786911210590.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit121059433.34336212.7
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691433.49951069.2
 
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