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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 “tilbury” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

38 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
tilbury124298(None) 
timbery14256892timbery
bibbery13426543bibbery
bilberry1543283bilberry
bilby124912353bilb__y
biliary1238213biliary
bury95633593___bury
ciliary1247923ciliary
filbert12411643filbert
fleury12417353_fleury
floury12449573_floury
gilbert10310763gilbert
injury16266143_injury
loury85716753__loury
miliary1249463miliary
oilbird1043743oilbird
pillory12247453pillory
rebury11349213_rebury
silvery13328093silvery
sulfury1345163sulfury
tambur10358713tambur_
tambura11326463tambura
tamburs11288613tamburs
tilburies1144343tilburies
tiler56131023til_er_
tilers63523503til_ers
tiller64222543tiller_
tillers73418743tillers
tilter63417693tilter_
tilters73315953tilters
timber104012683timber_
timbers113111853timbers
timbre10328633timb_re
tindery11389363tindery
tissuey1033663tissuey
toiletry1144103toiletry
trilby1144973trilb__y
turbary1236383turbary

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit134027386.90319415.8
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691387.31224438.0
 
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