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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 “bludgers” 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.

46 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
bludgers1239785(None) 
bludger11419561bludger_
bludges114511121bludge_s
blungers11469841blungers
budgers114314921b_udgers
badgers114812652b_adgers
bladders12397802bladders
bladers104214682blad_ers
bloggers12397402bloggers
blubbers11408142blubbers
bluchers15359032bluchers
bludge104210972bludge__
bludged12439312bludge_d
bludgeon1242922bludgeon
bludgeons1342802bludgeons
bluffers16405702bluffers
blunders113911342blunders
blunger104112012blunger_
blunges104212222blunge_s
blurters10348372blurters
blushers133911292blushers
blusters104413892blusters
budders113812102b_udders
budger104617712b_udger_
budges104820132b_udge_s
budgets11489862b_udgets
buggers114315662b_uggers
bulgers105215142b_ulgers
burgers103918572b_urgers
drudgers11326852drudgers
eluders8409902elud_ers
grudgers11266752grudgers
judgers16369042_judgers
kludges13397702kludge_s
ledgers94912182_ledgers
lodgers95113832_lodgers
lugers74617022_lu_gers
luggers93713482_luggers
lungers83817092_lungers
nudgers9479372_nudgers
pledgers12387642pledgers
pluggers12297022pluggers
plungers11379402plungers
sludges93811992sludge_s
sluggers10348482sluggers
trudgers10256862trudgers

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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059463.56333976.7
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691463.95245215.3
 
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