Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “cobby” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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83 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
cobby	14	55	1641	(None)
bobby	11	48	1466	1	bobby
cabby	14	53	1456	1	cabby
cobb	10	64	2200	1	cobb_
cobbs	11	50	1399	1	cobbs
colby	12	44	1506	1	colby
corby	12	50	1853	1	corby
cubby	14	52	1212	1	cubby
dobby	13	60	1363	1	dobby
hobby	15	59	1373	1	hobby
lobby	12	51	1392	1	lobby
nobby	12	55	1346	1	nobby
booby	12	53	1951	2	booby
bubby	11	50	1393	2	bubby
chubby	18	4	412	2	chubby
clubby	15	3	468	2	clubby
coaly	10	55	2159	2	coaly
cob	7	102	5875	2	co_b_
cobber	12	41	1684	2	cobber
cobble	12	36	1526	2	cobble
cobia	9	41	1751	2	cobia
coble	9	48	2317	2	coble
cobra	9	52	1440	2	cobra
cobs	8	70	4314	2	co_bs
cocky	16	42	1593	2	cocky
coky	13	75	2682	2	co_ky
colbys	13	40	715	2	colbys
colly	10	49	2677	2	colly
coly	9	69	4053	2	co_ly
comb	10	66	3211	2	comb_
combe	11	62	2354	2	combe
combo	11	45	1943	2	combo
combs	11	61	2296	2	combs
comfy	15	37	1021	2	comfy
commy	14	47	1264	2	commy
coney	10	59	3288	2	coney
conky	14	58	1874	2	conky
cony	9	65	3783	2	co_ny
cooey	10	58	2822	2	cooey
cooky	14	53	2136	2	cooky
cooly	10	55	2542	2	cooly
copay	12	65	1631	2	copay
copy	11	62	2980	2	co_py
corky	14	52	2115	2	corky
corny	10	60	2327	2	corny
cory	9	69	4151	2	co_ry
cosey	10	62	2671	2	cosey
cosy	9	72	3270	2	co_sy
covey	13	61	2178	2	covey
cowboy	16	3	706	2	cowboy
cowry	13	55	1248	2	cowry
cowy	12	64	2736	2	co_wy
coy	8	105	5755	2	co__y
coyly	13	56	1489	2	coyly
cozey	19	67	1854	2	cozey
cozy	18	58	2380	2	co_zy
crabby	15	34	675	2	crabby
doby	10	60	2216	2	do_by
forby	13	53	1767	2	forby
gabby	13	55	1295	2	gabby
globby	14	3	468	2	globby
goby	10	60	2108	2	go_by
hubby	15	50	1140	2	hubby
knobby	17	3	271	2	knobby
looby	10	81	1562	2	looby
nobly	10	53	1440	2	nobly
nubby	12	50	1103	2	nubby
obey	9	65	2130	2	_obey
orby	9	75	1960	2	_orby
poboy	12	16	1222	2	poboy
ribby	12	41	968	2	ribby
rubby	12	44	1386	2	rubby
scabby	15	3	550	2	scabby
slobby	13	3	480	2	slobby
snobby	13	3	440	2	snobby
tabby	12	52	1389	2	tabby
toby	9	63	2229	2	to_by
tubby	12	45	1140	2	tubby
webby	15	3	715	2	webby
wobbly	16	34	709	2	wobbly
womby	15	59	1009	2	womby
yabby	15	38	975	2	yabby
yobbo	12	3	787	2	yobbo

Search took 2 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	53800	0.310	576422.6
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	83	1.546	34799.5
3	Display Results	83	83	0.016	5187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	83	1.872	95454.6