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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 “knob” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

85 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
knob10741701(None) 
knobs11519711knobs
knop107116591knop
knot85630501knot
know116115841know
kob99442381k_ob
nob58954421_nob
snob65825591snob
anoa45634472anoa
anon46134852anon
blob86027092blob
bob76755672_bob
boob85932582boob
cob710258752_cob
enol45823822enol
enow77819872enow
fob86748332_fob
glob76623392glob
gob68950892_gob
hob87550922_hob
job128041772_job
kab97145852k_ab
kabob134113932kabob
kaon87521022kaon
kebob135110922kebob
keno87926432keno_
kenos95220622kenos
kerb104322712kerb
kino86233612kino_
kinos96626142kinos
knap105815402knap
knar85818722knar
knee85323602knee
knew115912122knew
knit85728142knit
knobby1732712knobby
knock10487962knock
knoll9389602knoll
knops115911812knops
knosp11576822knosp
knots95614722knots
knout95018262knout
known12568342known
knows124912412knows
knur85311972knur
koa76737772k_oa
kobo107422102k_obo
kobs105831082k_obs
koi77534752k_oi
konk79320612konk
kook75822602kook
kop97440202k_op
kor76538892k_or
kos76944822k_os
lob57154462_lob
mob78651922_mob
nab56954922_nab
neb57238622_neb
nib56745192_nib
no29353242_no_
nobs66436902_nobs
nod47549562_nod
nog46847312_nog
noh66640642_noh
nom510450642_nom
noo37154042_noo
nor38048822_nor
nos38859322_nos
not39474662_not
now65950192_now
nub56439142_nub
ono36838032ono_
onos46229002onos
rob56754302_rob
slob66029422slob
snib66522982snib
snobs74716152snobs
snog55623632snog
snot44745452snot
snow76324792snow
snub65320762snub
sob57857942_sob
stob66724612stob
swob95218632swob
yob87945272_yob

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 Filter178691298720.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit29872851.76616915.1
3Display Results85850.0461847.8
 (SQL Overall)178691851.96890798.3
 
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