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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 “babies” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

130 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
babies10612365(None) 
babes95834111bab_es
babied114913511babied
babier103515571babier
babiest114414751babiest
barbies114519591barbies
gabies93820731gabies
rabies85226021rabies
abbes96723522_abbes
abides94719892_abides
ables75935542_ables
abyes105518532_abyes
amies76837692_amies
baases85218012baases
babas96325732bab_as
babbles104416322babbles
babe86835822bab_e_
babel95821692bab_el
babels105216722babels
babiches1735252babiches
babkas146010142babkas
baboos103517012baboos
babuls105413642babuls
babus95620332bab_us
baches135426942baches
baddies114017872baddies
badges103917372badges
baffies153612942baffies
baggies113814852baggies
bailies94120202bailies
bails75933522ba_ils
baits76630582ba_its
baizes174315052baizes
bakes117035372ba_kes
baldies105317702baldies
bales76250082ba_les
ballies93725742ballies
bandies104124862bandies
banes74945582ba_nes
banties94324762banties
barbes104526232barbes
barbie105018352barbie_
bardes95026932bardes
bares75457132ba_res
barges94528252barges
barites94322332barites
barres84427542barres
baryes116218502baryes
bases75644352ba_ses
bashes115631392bashes
basics104915122basics
basils85717472basils
basins85722762basins
basis75429862basi_s
basses85428302basses
bastes85330382bastes
bates75846342ba_tes
bathes116524832bathes
batiks1239372batiks
baubees11348712baubees
baubles113611862baubles
bawbees14337242bawbees
bawdies134613392bawdies
bawties124214312bawties
beanies93821092beanies
belies84631052belies
bevies114017302bevies
bialies93618412bialies
bibles104617642bibles
bikies124515162bikies
bilbies114712342bilbies
bobbies103714562bobbies
bodies94524142bodies
bogies94724312bogies
boobies113718202boobies
braxies16711462braxies
bribes105918532bribes
bries74942152b_ries
bubbies103913512bubbies
bubkes144612622bubkes
buboes104513992buboes
buries84633272buries
busbies113011692busbies
busies85525262busies
cabbies133115162cabbies
cabins104418922cabins
cables104527552cables
caries85147622caries
cavies114525002cavies
darbies104216982darbies
davies105020512davies
dobies94422092dobies
easies64126632easies
fables114921672fables
facies113921592facies
gables94222332gables
gobies95418062gobies
habits113014652habits
ladies75124882ladies
lambies113015112lambies
lazies154418782lazies
mabes96331532mab_es
mamies104626242mamies
mavies114923192mavies
nabes75427092nab_es
nabis76020582nabi_s
navies95218622navies
paries84742512paries
rabbies113416052rabbies
ramies84630462ramies
rubies84420342rubies
sabes76437462sab_es
sabines94318482sabines
sabins85521982sabins
sabirs85414632sabirs
sables85026692sables
sabres85520862sabres
sanies63031952sanies
scabies11613332scabies
tabbies112913502tabbies
tabes76033922tab_es
tables84524892tables
taxies135817332taxies
tobies84521022tobies
varies94330872varies
wadies105121202wadies
walies95324522walies
wavies125019842wavies
yabbies14279642yabbies
zanies153219672zanies

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 Limit825511302.22037185.1
3Display Results1301300.0462826.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911302.60968490.2
 
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