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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 “bilgy” 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.

73 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
bilgy11471371(None) 
biggy124413131biggy
bigly114814751bigly
bilby124912351bilby
bilge87618911bilge
billy105525361billy
bulgy115214101bulgy
baggy125615682baggy
bailey115015672bailey
baldy115518932baldy
balky145418242balky
bally105530102bally
balmy125217472balmy
beigy111110582beigy
belay105021522belay
belga8313232belga
belly104625492belly
bialy105119322bialy
biddy124612692biddy
biffy164711132biffy
big67345722bi_g_
bigs76235022bi_gs
bilbo95513612bilbo
bile66147182bil_e
biles75542142biles
bilged105513182bilged
bilges94915632bilges
bilk105824422bil_k
bilks115117892bilks
bill67239942bil_l
bills75632862bills
binge85125512binge
bingo86020092bingo
biog76122322biog_
biogs85016112biogs
biology1337362biology
bitsy104511302bitsy
bitty106119172bitty
blimy125212822blimy
boggy126116072boggy
bogy106426192b_ogy
boogy114518322boogy
buggy124613482buggy
bulge86419872bulge
bulky146215572bulky
bully105124812bully
dilly94923782dilly
dingy105721262dingy
filly114424902filly
filmy136114042filmy
gilly94321632gilly
hilly114422162hilly
illy76925332_illy
jiggy17549142jiggy
kilty125213892kilty
lily76730182lil_y
lingy96925142lingy
milky144014442milky
milty104720072milty
mingy115520182mingy
oily77932252oil_y
piggy124011432piggy
pily96132732pil_y
ridgy104110642ridgy
riley84420582riley
silky125315822silky
silly84527622silly
silty84721632silty
wiggy134510732wiggy
willy115321912willy
wily106428812wil_y
wingy126521032wingy
zingy186516132zingy

Search took 7 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 Filter178691538000.686260482.5
2DLD Change Limit53800734.98610790.2
3Display Results73730.0461587.0
 (SQL Overall)178691735.71831250.6
 
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