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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 “limbo” 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.

58 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
limbo9561481(None) 
bimbo114811871bimbo
limb85429381limb_
limba95414981limba
limbi96513811limbi
limbos104712141limbos
limbs96118941limbs
limby125714071limby
limo65529731lim_o
akimbo1443392akimbo
ambo88225142_ambo
bilbo95513612bilbo
bimbos124610522bimbos
climb115413592climb_
climbs12498722climbs
combo114519432combo
dumbo105614062dumbo
gombo105814042gombo
gumbo104413582gumbo
jumbo164311072jumbo
lamb86832142lamb_
lambs95921412lambs
lamby125114842lamby
lesbo739252lesbo
lib57750272li_b_
libs66732762li_bs
lido56028162li_do
lilo46731562li_lo
lima65734132lim_a
liman75921602liman
limas75627632limas
limbas105313202limbas
limbed114513182limbed
limber104316792limber
limbic12528742limbic
limbus105710382limbus
lime66244932lim_e
limed85426802limed
limen75426032limen
limes75636502limes
limey104721042limey
limit73126342limit
limn66527692lim_n
limns75718392limns
limos75320812limos
limp88432492lim_p
limpa97014462limpa
limps95522672limps
limy95727712lim_y
lingo66022112lingo
lino46343372li_no
litho86513782litho
lobo67229862l_obo
mambo115215742mambo
mimeo96018682mimeo
nimbi94910312nimbi
sambo95118012sambo
umbo85516662_umbo

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800581.40638264.6
3Display Results58580.0134461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691581.715104193.0
 
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