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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 “bullying” 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.

51 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
bullying1432929(None) 
bellying14359071bellying
bulling104324791bull_ing
bullring11388421bullring
cullying14297501cullying
gullying13367241gullying
sullying12328511sullying
allying113011662_allying
balling104424762ball_ing
belaying143110602belaying
belling103825072bell_ing
belying133612442b_elying
billing103823852bill_ing
bolling103820882boll_ing
buddying16274792buddying
bugling113615342bugl_ing
building1237502building
bulging113514212bu_lging
bulking143815122bu_lking
bulleting1236642bulleting
bullrings12314622bullrings
bullyrag1443212bullyrag
buoying13379952bu_oying
burling104421132burl_ing
burying133413912bu_rying
busying134211992bu_sying
butling103516812butl_ing
buying124213832bu__ying
collying14319552collying
culling103921302cull_ing
dallying13368492dallying
dollying13407422dollying
dulling93418272dull_ing
fulling114019702full_ing
gallying13328932gallying
gillying13306812gillying
gulling94019562gull_ing
gullwing13304922gullwing
hulling113619012hull_ing
hulloing12146702hulloing
jellying19306172jellying
jollying19316062jollying
lulling83616802lull_ing
mulling103819992mull_ing
nulling83818062null_ing
outlying1248812outlying
pulling103821072pull_ing
rallying12289012rallying
sallying12309852sallying
tallying12318832tallying
willying15306712willying

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059513.51634430.9
3Display Results51510.0133923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691513.91945596.1
 
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