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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 “lobby” 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.

73 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
lobby12511392(None) 
bobby114814661bobby
cobby145516411cobby
dobby136013631dobby
globby1434681globby
hobby155913731hobby
looby108115621looby
nobby125513461nobby
slobby1334801slobby
blabby1234812blabby
blebby1233742blebby
blowby16467512blowby
booby125319512booby
bubby115013932bubby
cabby145314562cabby
clubby1534682clubby
cobb106422002cobb_
cobbs115013992cobbs
colby124415062colby
corby125018532corby
cubby145212122cubby
doby106022162do_by
flabby1634572flabby
forby135317672forby
gabby135512952gabby
goby106021082go_by
hubby155011402hubby
knobby1732712knobby
lamby125114842lamby
limby125714072limby
loamy105913342loamy
lob57154462lo_b_
lobar7313012lobar
lobbed113114612lobbed
lobber104016602lobber
lobbyer1433912lobbyer
lobe65535362lo_be
lobed86022132lobed
lobes75331002lobes
lobo67229862lo_bo
lobos75921842lobos
lobs66441082lo_bs
lofty115813302lofty
loggy105714192loggy
logy87025782lo_gy
lolly85120662lolly
looey84822912looey
loony86918962loony
loopy105316642loopy
loppy125911662loppy
lorry86315672lorry
lory75931712lo_ry
lossy85214642lossy
loury85716752loury
lousy84617082lousy
lowboy1435902lowboy
lowly114113332lowly
nobly105314402nobly
nubby125011032nubby
obey96521302_obey
orby97519602_orby
poboy121612222poboy
ribby12419682ribby
rubby124413862rubby
snobby1334402snobby
tabby125213892tabby
toby96322292to_by
tubby124511402tubby
webby1537152webby
wobbly16347092wobbly
womby155910092womby
yabby15389752yabby
yobbo1237872yobbo

Search took 5 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 Filter178691538000.656272394.8
2DLD Change Limit53800733.20016812.5
3Display Results73730.0164562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691733.87246149.5
 
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