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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 “pudgy” 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.

61 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
pudgy12491116(None) 
podgy125610771podgy
puggy124612321puggy
buddy124812632buddy
budge94619882budge
buggy124613482buggy
bulgy115214102bulgy
cadgy125210782cadgy
cuddy125111972cuddy
dodgy116611462dodgy
duddy114911032duddy
dungy104713642dungy
edgy94713532_edgy
fuddy135211152fuddy
fudge105315532fudge
fuggy135411672fuggy
hedgy134510752hedgy
judge144714162judge
kludgy15294222kludgy
ledgy105712022ledgy
muddy123812232muddy
muggy125612372muggy
nudge74616432nudge
paddy125913592paddy
piggy124011432piggy
pogy105623552p_ogy
porgy116916122porgy
pud65836652pud__
puddly13438132puddly
pudgily1434902pudgily
pudic104614562pudic
puds75630512pud_s
puffy164410752puffy
pug65337182pu_g_
puggry13374822puggry
pugh106619232pu_gh
pugs76332772pu_gs
pulpy124612362pulpy
pung75429632pung_
pungs85422222pungs
punky144419392punky
punny104217712punny
punty106021612punty
puny95526992pu_ny
puppy114912412puppy
purge85324602purge
pursy105016412pursy
purty105019402purty
pushy134614352pushy
pussy105614842pussy
putty104721402putty
ridgy104110642ridgy
ruddy104511752ruddy
sedgy104512792sedgy
sludgy11366252sludgy
smudgy13294132smudgy
sudsy95010682sudsy
surgy95118522surgy
updry1135482updry
vuggy13589482vuggy
wedgy13479802wedgy

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 Limit53800611.56334421.0
3Display Results61610.0134692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691611.88994595.6
 
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