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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

23 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
noblest	9	36	1356	(None)
nobles	8	33	1972	1	nobles_
ablest	8	47	2183	2	_ablest
blest	7	64	3172	2	__blest
cobles	10	46	2288	2	cobles_
coolest	9	3	1864	2	coolest
foulest	10	3	1331	2	foulest
goblet	9	32	1948	2	goble_t
goblets	10	32	1018	2	goblets
jobless	16	23	756	2	jobless
molest	8	50	2274	2	mo_lest
nimblest	12	3	692	2	nimblest
nobbiest	12	11	777	2	nobbiest
nobbles	11	40	1452	2	nobbles_
noble	7	44	2099	2	noble__
nobler	8	37	1345	2	noble_r
noblesse	10	4	454	2	noblesse
nombles	11	32	1234	2	nombles_
nosiest	7	34	1567	2	nosiest
oblast	8	6	1366	2	_oblast
obtest	8	12	1301	2	_obtest
robles	8	53	2169	2	robles_
unblest	9	4	1181	2	unblest

Search took 7 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	107671	1.173	152336.7
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	5.436	19807.0
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	6.625	26972.2