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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 “pebbled” 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.

33 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
pebbled144540(None) 
pebble1238001pebble_
pebbles1337571pebbles
babbled113612862babbled
bobbled113811832bobbled
bubbled113612122bubbled
cobbled143411632cobbled
dabbled133712072dabbled
dibbled133510842dibbled
ebbed104111002_ebb_ed
gabbled134112452gabbled
gobbled134010252gobbled
hobbled153310782hobbled
kibbled16367982kibbled
nibbled12389072nibbled
nobbled123511282nobbled
pealed95322812pe_aled
pearled10411552pearled
pebblier1453262pebblier
pebbly1545082pebbl_y
pedaled113711892pedaled
peddled123410542peddled
peeled94119712pe_eled
peopled1238502peopled
periled10316322periled
pestled102711442pestled
petaled103614152petaled
pettled103611512pettled
rabbled123514422rabbled
rubbled124611622rubbled
wabbled153311442wabbled
webbed1436432webb_ed
wobbled15349592wobbled

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671333.26632967.2
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691333.62649280.5
 
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