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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 “limby” 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.

70 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
limby12571407(None) 
lamby125114841lamby
limb85429381limb_
limba95414981limba
limbi96513811limbi
limbo95614811limbo
limbs96118941limbs
limey104721041limey
limy95727711lim_y
bilby124912352bilby
bimbo114811872bimbo
blimey13468452blimey
blimy125212822blim_y
climb115413592climb_
climbs12498722climbs
dimly114913482dimly
flimsy14345562flimsy
gimpy135212232gimpy
immy114611832_immy
inby95315662_inby
jimmy19538502jimmy
jimpy195210822jimpy
lamb86832142lamb_
lambs95921412lambs
lib57750272li_b_
libs66732762li_bs
lily76730182li_ly
lima65734132lim_a
liman75921602liman
limas75627632limas
limbas105313202limbas
limbed114513182limbed
limber104316792limber
limbic12528742limbic
limbos104712142limbos
limbus105710382limbus
lime66244932lim_e
limed85426802limed
limen75426032limen
limes75636502limes
limeys11429272limeys
limit73126342limit
limn66527692lim_n
limns75718392limns
limo65529732lim_o
limos75320812limos
limp88432492lim_p
limpa97014462limpa
limply133810032limply
limps95522672limps
limpsy13516842limpsy
lindy96918312lindy
liney87029632liney
lingy96925142lingy
linky127622382linky
linty87126562linty
liny78141322li_ny
lippy124511902lippy
lobby125113922lobby
looby108115622looby
lumpy126615912lumpy
nimbi94910312nimbi
nimbly13388772nimbly
ribby12419682ribby
rimy96621282rim_y
slimly11408902slimly
slimsy11407722slimsy
slimy105417422slim_y
wimpy155911922wimpy
womby155910092womby

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 Filter178691538000.606294869.6
2DLD Change Limit53800703.20616781.0
3Display Results70700.0431627.9
 (SQL Overall)178691703.85546353.0
 
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