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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 “buhr” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

91 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
buhr9531538(None) 
buhl95518221buhl
buhrs104811241buhrs
bur55744691bu_r
burr65631231burr
bah87755352bah_
baht96740012baht
bar58070552b_ar
bear66844642bear
beer65635992beer
bhut95425712bhut
bier65531832bier
birr66022362birr
bluer74918492bluer
blur66020532blur
boar66134292boar
boho96923322boho
boor66130682boor
brr56921922b_rr
brrr65312292brrr
bub76343982bu_b
bubo85621912bubo
bubs86235502bubs
bubu85022672bubu
buck125129902buck
bud67041272bu_d
buds75235172buds
buff125229862buff
bug65340742bu_g
bugs76035912bugs
buhls105111802buhls
bulb85626692bulb
bulk105426152bulk
bull65634872bull
bum75342692bu_m
bumf116126512bumf
bump106228242bump
bums85934592bums
bun56348142bu_n
buna64730722buna
bund75530662bund
bung75730632bung
bunk105731352bunk
bunn65023652bunn
buns66243722buns
bunt65850852bunt
buoy95921782buoy
bura66139532bura
burb85334672burb
burd75534262burd
burg74930362burg
burl64937182burl
burn65636432burn
burp85028882burp
burro75018492burro
burrs74925652burrs
burry105221562burry
burs65847422burs
bury95633592bury
bus56950972bu_s
bush96630712bush
busher114922202busher
bushy135416682bushy
busk105429222busk
buss65134912buss
bust65947782bust
busy94727172busy
but55963022bu_t
bute66739672bute
buts67247692buts
butt65143742butt
buy86436542bu_y
buyer105013092buyer
buys95726792buys
buzz146617802buzz
cur56841982cu_r
curr65429652curr
duh77930382duh_
durr55624352durr
fur66637322fu_r
guar56923292guar
huh96432012huh_
lehr75514942lehr
murr65225132murr
our36042892ou_r
pur56840552pu_r
purr64925812purr
ruer46127562ruer
suer45334032suer
tahr75217152tahr
uh57429852_uh_

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 Filter178691298720.283631417.0
2DLD Change Limit29872910.84335435.3
3Display Results91910.0303033.3
 (SQL Overall)178691911.156154577.0
 
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