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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 “limbered” 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.

29 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
limbered1315812(None) 
limberer12187051limberer
lumbered13188231lumbered
timbered13137381timbered
cambered15129002cambered
clambered16146132clambered
cumbered15157962cumbered
fibered1337642fi_bered
gibbered1444302gibbered
glimmered1543102glimmered
libeled10249412li_beled
limbed114513182limb__ed
limber104316792limber__
limberest1345512limberest
limberly1544462limberly
limbers113614742limber_s
linebred1144962linebred
lingered10129642lingered
lippered13287952lippered
littered92511382littered
livered113111632li_vered
lumberer12177582lumberer
membered1535902membered
numbered13147142numbered
simmered1336862simmered
simpered1338252simpered
slumbered14215592slumbered
umbered121510112_umbered
unlimbered1542742unlimbered

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911210590.703254183.5
2DLD Change Limit121059298.73313862.2
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691299.43618937.2
 
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