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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 “bulger” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

120 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
bulger9491735(None) 
budger104617701budger
bugger104418721bugger
bugler94717721bugler
bulge86419871bulge_
bulged105117121bulged
bulgers105215141bulgers
bulges95919321bulges
bulgier103911211bulgier
bulgur9387531bulgur
burger94020791burger
auger64922472au_ger
aulder7511452aulder
badger105415072badger
bagger104619202bagger
balder95318862balder
baler75635272bal_er
balker124519162balker
baller83825202baller
banger94423632banger
belier84423562belier
belter84720962belter
bigger104315062bigger
bilge87618912bilge_
bilged105513182bilged
bilges94915632bilges
bilgier10358532bilgier
bilker124913442bilker
biller84923482biller
binger94923452binger
bludger11419562bludger
bluer74918492b_luer
blunger104112012blunger
bolder94820932bolder
bolter83920752bolter
booger94816552booger
boulder103411342boulder
bucker145420462bucker
budder104314812budder
budge94619872budge_
budged114517232budged
budgers114314922budgers
budges104820122budges
budget104618112budget
buffer144512682buffer
bugged114318402bugged
buggers114315662buggers
buggery14367932buggery
buggier113611342buggier
bugle84721942bugle_
bugled104918132bugled
buglers105115322buglers
bugles94822442bugles
builder1037572builder
bulbar1039582bulbar
bulbed114312772bulbed
bulbel104510682bulbel
bulghur1352722bulghur
bulgurs10397112bulgurs
bulgy115214102bulg_y
bulked134216742bulked
bulkier134111512bulkier
bulled94626492bulled
bullet84528612bullet
bullier94116432bullier
bummer124014102bummer
bumper123714342bumper
bunged105218792bunged
bungee96319772bungee
bungler104611482bungler
bunker124519372bunker
bunter85020382bunter
burgee97120592burgee
burgers103918572burgers
burgher1337002burgher
burier84324652burier
burker125221172burker
burler84723832burler
burlier93514412burlier
burner83819202burner
burrer83718472burrer
busher114922202busher
busier85219722busier
busker125517832busker
buster84726492buster
butler84220032butler
butter84724232butter
buyer105013092bu_yer
buzzer16379112buzzer
culler84322252culler
culver113010632culver
duller74017702duller
fuller94220382fuller
gulper93410212gulper
huger94914872hu_ger
hugger114713122hugger
huller93919102huller
hunger104015202hunger
judger154411442judger
luger65322082lu_ger
lugger83916552lugger
luller63415482luller
lunger75720422lunger
mugger103914702mugger
muller83820352muller
nudger85111632nudger
puler74826622pul_er
puller83820812puller
pulper103513272pulper
pulser84215192pulser
purger94717232purger
rugger84414512rugger
ruler54923342rul_er
rulier65016352rulier
sulker104015922sulker
surger74320092surger
tugger84013102tugger
ulcer7310752_ulcer
urger64116472_urger
vulgar10426822vulgar

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit825511202.43633887.9
3Display Results1201200.0304000.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911202.59268939.4
 
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