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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 “bluc” 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.

90 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
bloc85023271bloc
blub85324871blub
blue65328461blue
blur66020531blur
alec66430062alec
alum65227612alum
baud74928422baud
bhut95425712bhut
blab86629132blab
black134719072black
blae66134642blae
blah98625062blah
blam86131702blam
blat66550952blat
blaw97026722blaw
bleb85425222bleb
bled75729312bled
blet66247672blet
blew94722432blew
blin67228172blin
blip88322772blip
blob86027092blob
block134917842block
blocs95219652blocs
blog75723822blog
blot65842322blot
blow95827192blow
blubs95818152blubs
blued84520322blued
bluer74918492bluer
blues75127042blues
bluet75631192bluet
bluey104817052bluey
bluff134413832bluff
blume95619892blume
blunt75525022blunt
blurb95214902blurb
blurs74619082blurs
blurt77625622blurt
blush105115312blush
bolus79125542bolus
bout66353292bout
brut66537962brut
brux136315272brux
bub76343982b_ub
buck125129902b_uck
bud67041272b_ud
bug65340742b_ug
bulb85626692bulb
bulk105426152bulk
bull65634872bull
bum75342692b_um
bun56348142b_un
bur55744692b_ur
bus56950972b_us
but55963022b_ut
buy86436542b_uy
club85819472club
cluck134914892cluck
clue65324532clue
flic96223732flic
floc95922122floc
flu66530212flu_
flub95721882flub
flue75329852flue
flus75626542flus
flux145617742flux
glue55628492glue
glug66118012glug
glum75825102glum
glut56331292glut
lac510155822_lac
luce65132572_luce
luck105329822_luck
lug46138062_lug
lum55542932_lum
luv67125772_luv
lux106528772_lux
pluck134212302pluck
plug74915992plug
plum85122102plum
plus66324832plus
slub65428032slub
slue45332192slue
slug55124642slug
slum65430512slum
slur45525152slur
slut45040592slut
ulu36028702ulu_
ulus45622562ulus

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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit29872900.87334217.6
3Display Results90900.0165625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691901.169152858.0
 
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