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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 “bubby” 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.

75 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
bubby11501393(None) 
bobby114814661bobby
bubba84311801bubba
bubbly124110351bubbly
busby126113291busby
cubby145212121cubby
hubby155011401hubby
nubby125011031nubby
rubby124413861rubby
tubby124511401tubby
baby116723682b_aby
bibb75819212bibb_
bibbs84911582bibbs
bilby124912352bilby
blabby1234812blabby
blebby1233742blebby
booby125319512booby
brumby15385952brumby
bub76343982bu_b_
bubal94218212bubal
bubbas94110702bubbas
bubble94016592bubble
bubo85621912bu_bo
bubs86235502bu_bs
bubu85022672bu_bu
bubus95115452bubus
buddy124812632buddy
buffy165013372buffy
buggy124613482buggy
bulb85626692bulb_
bulbs96016932bulbs
bulgy115214102bulgy
bulky146215572bulky
bully105124812bully
bumpy144715052bumpy
bunny104715802bunny
buoy95921782bu_oy
buppy144810072buppy
burb85334672burb_
burbly134311152burbly
burbs95423492burbs
burly104922832burly
burry105221562burry
bury95633592bu_ry
busboy13307442busboy
bushy135416682bushy
busty105621012busty
busy94727172bu_sy
butty104020112butty
buy86436542bu__y
cabby145314562cabby
chubby1844122chubby
clubby1534682clubby
cobby145516412cobby
dobby136013632dobby
fubsy13589272fubsy
gabby135512952gabby
grubby14324502grubby
hobby155913732hobby
hubbly16478412hubbly
knubby1742782knubby
lobby125113922lobby
nobby125513462nobby
nubbly13369672nubbly
outby10411532outby
ribby12419682ribby
rubbly133710612rubbly
ruby97819942ru_by
rugby11448132rugby
snubby1344532snubby
stubby1345042stubby
tabby125213892tabby
upby1139062_upby
webby1537152webby
yabby15389752yabby

Search took 6 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 Filter178691538000.610292936.1
2DLD Change Limit53800754.62311637.5
3Display Results75750.0461630.4
 (SQL Overall)178691755.27933849.4
 
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