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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 “nebulous” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

52 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
nebulous104510(None) 
bibulous1244642bibulous
emulous937342_emulous
fabulous1344852fabulous
nebulas957582nebul_as
nebulose1043702nebulose
nebulously1553612nebulously
nodulous944732nodulous
nubilous1044852nubilous
sabulous1046122sabulous
sedulous946132sedulous
setulous846912setulous
tubulous1045382tubulous
venulous1145712venulous
acaulous1045923acaulous
angulous946233angulous
bulbous1138293__bulbous
bullous9311663__bullous
cellulous1144353cellulous
credulous1243753credulous
cumulous1245273cumulous
dentulous1044263dentulous
hamulous1344923hamulous
jealous1438093je_alous
libelous1047203libelous
nebula857333nebul__a
nebulae955493nebul_ae
nebular956493nebul_ar
nebule848753nebul__e
nebulise1045743nebulise
nebulises1145063nebulises
nebulize1955153nebulize
nebulizes2044413nebulizes
nebuly1135793nebul__y
nervous1037143ne_rvous
neurons7410453ne_urons
nocuous946583nocu_ous
orgulous944213orgulous
patulous10116373patulous
pendulous1243863pendulous
perilous10310693perilous
petalous1058973petalous
populous1245953populous
querulous1842823querulous
ramulous1045883ramulous
regulus836523regul_us
sepalous1047523sepalous
tenuous738483tenu_ous
tremulous1144383tremulous
tumulous1045313tumulous
weblogs1334223web_logs
zealous1637813ze_alous

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162527.03020791.2
3Display Results52520.0163250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691527.45223978.9
 
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