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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 “foible” 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.

40 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
foible1141038(None) 
foibles1238851foibles
alible8311972alible
bible95119422_bible
bobble94115142bobble
cobble123615262cobble
coble94823172co_ble
doable93115242doable
double94013992double
edible969352edible
fable105824752f_able
faille93414742faille
feeble1138252feeble
fibre104812842f_ibre
file75446642f_i_le
fille84327402f_ille
fimble133611752fimble
foil76433912foi_l_
foilable1338062foilable
foiled104618402foi_led
foils85025812foi_ls
fondle104412942fondle
footle93914382footle
foozle18369202foozle
forbye14427882forbye
forcible1545142forcible
friable122612562friable
fribble14287782fribble
fumble133214262fumble
fusible1237022fusible
gobble113512982gobble
hobble133913432hobble
mobile103613542mobile
nobble103814312nobble
noble74420992no_ble
roble75223022ro_ble
rouble83913312rouble
toile54626492toi_le
voile84719722voi_le
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 Limit82551402.15638289.0
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691402.51271135.0
 
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