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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 “obligato” 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.

40 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
obligato1119498(None) 
obbligato1461871obbligato
obligate11198301obligate
obligati11184831obligati
obligator12195691obligator
obligatos12195061obligatos
obbligati1451812obbligati
obbligatos1562062obbligatos
obligated13186902obligated
obligates12207852obligates
obligation1346782obligation
obligators13195442obligators
obligatory16164172obligatory
ablegate1147253ablegate
alligator1046113alligator
blight124114623_blight_
blights133110213_blights
blighty16356843_blighty
boniato947283boni_ato
colligate1248293colligate
legato72810953__legato
ligate72519253__ligate
oblate82214743obl__ate
obligable1444383obligable
obligately1652943obligately
obligating1445803obligating
obligations1446143obligations
oblige937653oblig__e
obliged1134983oblig_ed
obligee1046863oblig_ee
obligees1143953obligees
obliger1035283oblig_er
obligers1134723obligers
obliges1037143oblig_es
obliging1236103obliging
obligor1043533oblig_or
obligors1143523obligors
obviate1235783obvi_ate
obviator1344743obvi_ator
ostinato846493ostinato

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162407.00320871.3
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691407.43624030.5
 
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