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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 “yabby” 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.

41 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
yabby1538975(None) 
cabby145314561cabby
gabby135512951gabby
tabby125213891tabby
abba810522652_abba
abbe87627192_abbe
abbey125714932_abbey
ably99725132_ably
aby810238062_a_by
baby116723682ba_by
blabby1234812blabby
bobby114814662bobby
bubby115013932bubby
cobby145516412cobby
crabby15346752crabby
cubby145212122cubby
dauby115211222dauby
dobby136013632dobby
flabby1634572flabby
gaby107123192ga_by
grabby14336182grabby
hobby155913732hobby
hubby155011402hubby
lamby125114842lamby
lobby125113922lobby
nobby125513462nobby
nubby125011032nubby
rabbi93113182rabbi
ribby12419682ribby
rubby124413862rubby
scabby1535502scabby
shabby1635802shabby
swabby1634352swabby
tubby124511402tubby
wabbly16348362wabbly
webby1537152webby
yabber136111832yabber
yabbie13308662yabbie
yawey14458272yawey
yay96948712ya__y
yobbo1237872yobbo

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800411.35639675.5
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691411.685106048.1
 
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