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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 “drably” 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.

53 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
drably12351161(None) 
drawly134910721drawly
durably13229051durably
ably99725132__ably
adorably1446442adorably
arable81821002arable
brambly16296252brambly
brawly144312352brawly
crabby15346752crabby
crawly144610762crawly
curably142010772curably
daily95922332d_aily
dally95324742d_ally
darkly145411072darkly
deadly113811472deadly
deafly13389122deafly
dearly104615322dearly
doable93115242doable
doubly12328962doubly
drab76226452drab__
drabble12238882drabble
drabs85119672drab_s
draffy16486632draffy
drafty13638932drafty
draggy12346822draggy
drail65020972drail_
drails74716952drails
drapey125010582drapey
drawl95516012drawl_
drawls105511392drawls
dray85428092dra__y
dribbly15274952dribbly
drily95816522dr_ily
drolly105411672drolly
drooly104911072drooly
drumly1235702drumly
dryable13237432dryable
dryly12538452dr_yly
dually103210062dually
dumbly14399602dumbly
durable102312722durable
dyable12308982dyable
grabby14336182grabby
grayly13287962grayly
marbly134111932marbly
orally93113592orally
rally84725902_rally
rawly115115832_rawly
stably113314122stably
suably112814532suably
trebly1138972trebly
usably11288982usably
viably14199832viably

Search took 7 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551536.50012700.2
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691536.87625987.6
 
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