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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 “bulgy” 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.

85 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
bulgy11521410(None) 
bilgy114713711bilgy
buggy124613481buggy
bulge86419871bulge
bulky146215571bulky
bully105124811bully
baggy125615682baggy
baldy115518932baldy
balky145418242balky
bally105530102bally
balmy125217472balmy
baulky15446312baulky
beigy111110582beigy
belay105021522belay
belga8313232belga
belly104625492belly
biggy124413132biggy
bigly114814752bigly
bilby124912352bilby
bilge87618912bilge
billy105525362billy
bluey104817052bluey
boggy126116072boggy
bogy106426192b_ogy
boogy114518322boogy
bubby115013932bubby
buddy124812632buddy
budge94619882budge
buffy165013372buffy
bug65340742bu_g_
bugle84721942bugle
bugs76035912bu_gs
bulb85626692bul_b
bulbs96016932bulbs
bulged105117122bulged
bulger94917352bulger
bulges95919322bulges
bulgur9387532bulgur
bulk105426152bul_k
bulks115920612bulks
bull65634872bul_l
bulla74620562bulla
bulls75629572bulls
bumpy144715052bumpy
bung75730632bung_
bungs85323862bungs
bunny104715802bunny
buoy95921782bu_oy
buppy144810072buppy
burg74930362burg_
burgh115216032burgh
burgs84924092burgs
burley114715752burley
burly104922832burly
burry105221562burry
bury95633592bu_ry
busby126113292busby
bushy135416682bushy
busty105621012busty
busy94727172bu_sy
butty104020112butty
buy86436542bu__y
cully105520462cully
dully94921632dully
duly85323032dul_y
dungy104713642dungy
eulogy1035632eulogy
fuggy135411672fuggy
fully114820862fully
gulfy124612002gulfy
gully94020682gully
gulpy114612762gulpy
hulky155312472hulky
muggy125612372muggy
muley104819282muley
pudgy124911162pudgy
puggy124612322puggy
pulpy124612362pulpy
ruly76323142rul_y
sulky124715362sulky
sully84622902sully
surgy95118522surgy
ugly86012382_ugly
vuggy13589482vuggy
vulgo936952vulgo

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800851.61033416.1
3Display Results85850.0302833.3
 (SQL Overall)178691851.95391495.6
 
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