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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 “pebble” 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.

32 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
pebble123800(None) 
pebbled1445401pebbled
pebbles1337571pebbles
pebbly1545081pebbly
babble94017112babble
bobble94115142bobble
bubble94016592bubble
cobble123615262cobble
dabble114515192dabble
dibble114013842dibble
feeble1138252feeble
gabble113815722gabble
gobble113512982gobble
hobble133913432hobble
kebbie1435812kebbie
kibble143910952kibble
nebule848752nebule
nibble103713282nibble
nobble103814312nobble
nubble103813712nubble
pebblier1453262pebblier
peddle103512822peddle
pele65539552pe__le
penile82219602penile
people10310192people
pestle83215842pestle
pettle84116052pettle
rabble103818242rabble
rebbe9313162rebb_e
rubble104315672rubble
wabble133714842wabble
wobble133212312wobble

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551322.57632046.2
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691322.91961216.5
 
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