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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 “nabobess” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

39 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
nabobess124220(None) 
abbess10509772_ab_bess
nabbers113710462nab_bers
nabobery1542432nabobery
nabobesses1441582nabobesses
nabobish1544102nabobish
nabobism1444112nabobism
nabobisms1543692nabobisms
nabobs10388212nabob__s
abbes96723523_ab_be_s
abbeys13538423_ab_beys
abodes94417513_abode_s
aboves114512843_above_s
abscess1133903_abscess
adobes94411533_adobe_s
baroness101210063baroness
cabobs124311893cabob__s
cabooses1237863cabooses
canoness1039393canoness
dabbers123813213dab_bers
fabbest1438033fab_best
gabbers124612833gab_bers
jabbers183610583jab_bers
kabobs14439303kabob__s
laborers10208383laborers
mayoress1344383mayoress
nabbed115113613nab_be_d
nabber104913543nab_be_r
nabes75427093na__be_s
nabob93913743nabob___
naboberies1443263naboberies
nameless10248373nameless
napless93110283na_pless
nathless11127023nathless
nonobese1044363nonobese
rabbets11279423rab_bets
taborers10268333taborers
taborets10278063taborets
yabbers14389353yab_bers

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162398.42317352.7
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691398.87220141.0
 
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