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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forgibsons” 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.

14 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
gibsons104504(None) 
gibbons1234981gibbons
gibson935121gibson_
bisons83914372bi_sons
dobsons1036202dobsons
gabions102410052gabions
gaboons10289892gaboons
gibbon1135322gibbon_
gibbous1265332gibbous
gipons9389602gi_pons
girons75014372gi_rons
godsons966662godsons
grisons838992grisons
ribbons1136252ribbons

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 Filter1786911076710.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit107671143.12634443.7
3Display Results14140.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691143.24954998.8