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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 “nimbly” 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.

30 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
nimbly1338877(None) 
nimble103412941nimble
numbly134410661numbly
chimbly1974592chimbly
dimly114913482dim_ly
dimply14339742dimply
dumbly14399602dumbly
fimble133611752fimble
humbly164010522humbly
imply124911842_imply
jimply20397482jimply
limby125714072limb_y
limply133810032limply
mumbly15319462mumbly
namely113711322namely
nibble103713282nibble
nicely1139492nicely
niggly11418912niggly
nimbi94910312nimb_i
nimbler11358062nimbler
nimbus10377282nimbus
nobly105314402n_obly
nubbly13369672nubbly
pimply15329212pimply
rumbly134412162rumbly
simply133010522simply
timely113410112timely
viably14199832viably
wambly16388662wambly
wimble133211922wimble

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551302.50033020.4
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691302.84362853.0
 
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