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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 “shlub” 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.

39 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
shlub10541174(None) 
schlub1355001schlub
shlubs11386731shlubs
shrub104814891shrub
slub65428031s_lub
blub85324872_blub
chub115516412ch_ub
club85819472_club
flub95721882_flub
hub86437482_h_ub
schlubs1443192schlubs
scrub94914202scrub
shaul85418102shaul
shlep104914832shlep
shlump1345712shlump
shout85433172shout
shrubs11409212shrubs
shrug94512512shrug
shul75823152sh_ul
shuln84713112shuln
shuls85319712shuls
shun75122772sh_un
shut76137592sh_ut
slab67133762s_lab
slob66029422s_lob
slubs74719532s_lubs
slue45332192s_lue
slug55124642s_lug
slum65430512s_lum
slur45525152s_lur
slurb74116322s_lurb
slut45040592s_lut
snub65320762s_nub
solum74717612solum
solus54726982solus
stub66221842s_tub
sub55445552s__ub
sulu45128422sulu_
sulus54821882sulus

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.300595636.7
2DLD Change Limit53800391.40638264.6
3Display Results39390.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691391.706104742.7
 
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