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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 “knobbed” 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.

27 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
knobbed163371(None) 
blobbed11366562blobbed
bobbed104315832_bobbed
fobbed144112612_fobbed
gobbed124613882_gobbed
hobbed144114302_hobbed
jobbed184212132_jobbed
knobbier1652702knobbier
knobbly1842872knobbly
knobby1732712knobb_y
knocked13236302knocked
knolled12296572knolled
knopped16355452knopped
knotted12357232knotted
knouted12416772knouted
lobbed113114612_lobbed
mobbed137112242_mobbed
nabbed115113612_nabbed
nibbed114311902_nibbed
nobbled123511282_nobbled
robbed113415192_robbed
snibbed12325632snibbed
snubbed12347442snubbed
sobbed113516262_sobbed
stobbed12287492stobbed
swobbed15335442swobbed
unbobbed1234412unbobbed

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671273.09334811.2
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691273.48551274.3
 
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