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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 “ribbier” 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.

41 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
ribbier113759(None) 
ribber103515491ribb_er
ribier84414231ri_bier
bibber94613572bibb_er
cobbier133410162cobbier
crabbier14326802crabbier
cribber13367662cribb_er
dibber114614712dibb_er
dibbler124510282dibbler
dribbler13316312dribbler
fibber134811932fibb_er
fribbler15265952fribbler
gabbier12379632gabbier
gibber114112862gibb_er
grabbier13316652grabbier
grubbier13344752grubbier
jibber174111242jibb_er
libber104414012libb_er
limbier11349112limbier
nibbler11379272nibbler
nobbier11309162nobbier
nubbier11308132nubbier
rabbies113416052rabbies
rabbiter1234672rabbiter
rabbler113514092rabbler
ribbed114014372ribb_ed
ribbers113913182ribb_ers
ribbiest1237582ribbiest
ribbing123111952ribbing
ribiers9319752ri_biers
ridgier937882ridgier
rimier83916272ri_mier
riskier1138422riskier
ritzier16297202ritzier
robber103916532robb_er
rubber104715792rubb_er
rubbies114114112rubbies
rubblier1244912rubblier
rubier84814742r_ubier
tubbier11237742tubbier
webbier1445422webbier

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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671413.37331921.4
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691413.79547085.9
 
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