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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 “ambry” 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.

36 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
ambry12351210(None) 
ambary134010541ambary
ambery133811131ambery
abbey125714932abbey
ably99725132a_bly
abri65522212a_bri
aby810238062a_b_y
aery77231682a_ery
airy75734152a_iry
alary86123442alary
ambari103012172ambari
amber94523212amber
ambers104519582ambers
ambit94223712ambit
amble95924642amble
ambo88225142amb_o
ambos95321252ambos
amir65129752amir_
amirs75924922amirs
amity10416092amity
amort75832202amort
amply125012912amply
angry9310872angry
apery106517902apery
armory114211472armory
awry107619682a_wry
daubry12445482daubry
embay123410602embay
embryo1363962embryo
emery104814332emery
lamby125114842lamb_y
marry104821692marry
miry96326752_miry
ombre94111802ombre
umbra948512umbra
wambly16388662wambly

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 Filter178691538000.673265514.1
2DLD Change Limit53800363.18616886.4
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.87546113.8
 
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