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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 “bludgeons” 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.

37 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
bludgeons134280(None) 
bludgeon1242921bludgeon_
bludgeoned1551362bludgeoned
bludgers12397852bludge_rs
bludges114511122bludge__s
bourgeons1244392bourgeons
burgeons1146052b_urgeons
dudgeons11163942_dudgeons
gudgeons11113942_gudgeons
trudgeons11202842trudgeons
baudrons1135763baud_rons
bludge104210973bludge___
bludged12439313bludge__d
bludgeoning1651293bludgeoning
bludger11419563bludge__r
bludging13297463bludg_ing
bluejeans1841763bluejeans
blungers11469843blunge_rs
blunges104212223blunge__s
bourgeois1243743bourgeois
bourgeon1144683bourgeon_
budgers114314923b_udge_rs
budges104820133b_udge__s
budgets11489863b_udge_ts
burgeon1036433b_urgeon_
dudgeon10134143_dudgeon_
dungeons10124623_dungeons
gudgeon10123743_gudgeon_
kludges13397703kludge__s
pledgeors13313083pledgeors
sludges93811993sludge__s
smidgeons13272733smidgeons
sturgeons1043393sturgeons
surgeons947033_surgeons
trudgens10255153trudge_ns
trudgeon10253313trudgeon_
widgeons1343853_widgeons

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641376.18624028.6
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691376.63826919.4
 
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