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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 “blurb” 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.

55 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
blurb9521490(None) 
blub85324871blu_b
blur66020531blur_
blurbs10489311blurbs
blurs74619081blurs
blurt77625621blurt
burb85334671b_urb
slurb74116321slurb
barb85240062b_arb
blab86629132bl_ab
blare75826232blare
bleb85425222bl_eb
blob86027092bl_ob
blubs95818152blubs
blue65328462blu_e
blued84520322blued
bluer74918492bluer
blues75127042blues
bluet75631192bluet
bluey104817052bluey
bluff134413832bluff
blume95619892blume
blunt75525022blunt
blurbed12337612blurbed
blurry11437672blurry
blurts84412642blurts
blush105115312blush
bourg84113842bourg
bourn75518482bourn
bub76343982b_u_b
bulb85626692b_ulb
bur55744692b_ur_
bura66139532b_ura
burbs95423492b_urbs
burd75534262b_urd
burg74930362b_urg
burl64937182b_url
burn65636432b_urn
burp85028882b_urp
burr65631232b_urr
burs65847422b_urs
bury95633592b_ury
club85819472clu_b
curb86732222_curb
exurb1457702exurb
flub95721882flu_b
lure45142462_lure
lurk86624162_lurk
plumb114514072plumb
slub65428032slu_b
slur45525152slur_
slurbs8439742slurbs
slurp74014982slurp
slurs54123372slurs
urb55731112__urb

Search took 3 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 Limit53800551.68631909.8
3Display Results55550.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691551.99989390.2
 
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