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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 “lambies” 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.

56 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
lambies11301511(None) 
lambie103213671lambie_
lambier113611641lambier
lambiest122410181lambiest
alibies9313322alibies
ambits103713412_ambits
ambles105121862_ambles
ambries111614552_ambries
amies76837692_am_ies
babies106123652ba_bies
barbies114519592barbies
cabbies133115162cabbies
cammies134016482cammies
darbies104216982darbies
flambes14419502flamb_es
gabies93820732ga_bies
gambes116318312gamb_es
gambias125010732gambias
gambier124711972gambier
gambiers13337072gambiers
gambirs12359082gambirs
gambits12399722gambits
gambles124016202gambles
iambics13425642iambics
jambes175914052jamb_es
jammies183611292jammies
laddies93715052laddies
ladies75124882la_dies
laities7320342laities
lambdas1246242lambdas
lambed115614782lamb_ed
lamber104418492lamb_er
lambers113817112lambers
lambing123412412lambing
lambkins1664982lambkins
lambs95921412lamb__s
lames75445542lam__es
lamias85020612lam_ias
lassies74420102lassies
lazies154418782la_zies
limbier11349112limbier
limbiest12258892limbiest
lobbies113612462lobbies
loobies93814102loobies
mamboes135011822mamboes
mamies104626242mam_ies
mammies104314762mammies
rabbies113416052rabbies
rabies85226022ra_bies
rambles113118312rambles
ramies84630462ram_ies
tabbies112913502tabbies
tammies113814682tammies
wambles143714022wambles
yabbies14279642yabbies
zombies2037992zombies

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 Limit107671562.90637051.3
3Display Results56560.0134307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691563.29554231.0
 
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