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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 “buddy” 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.

74 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
buddy12481263(None) 
baddy125016021baddy
biddy124612691biddy
cuddy125111971cuddy
duddy114911031duddy
fuddy135211151fuddy
muddy123812231muddy
ruddy104511751ruddy
badly114918762badly
baldy115518932baldy
bandy114824182bandy
bawdy147513282bawdy
beady114719922beady
bendy115017252bendy
body107425672b_ody
boody115420402boody
bubby115013932bubby
bud67041272bu_d_
budded113912332budded
budder104314812budder
buddha1333172buddha
buddle104313082buddle
budge94619882budge
buds75235172bu_ds
buffy165013372buffy
buggy124613482buggy
bulgy115214102bulgy
bulky146215572bulky
bully105124812bully
bumpy144715052bumpy
bund75530662bund_
bunds85523542bunds
bundt85824852bundt
bunny104715802bunny
buoy95921782bu_oy
buppy144810072buppy
burd75534262burd_
burds84626062burds
burly104922832burly
burry105221562burry
bury95633592bu_ry
busby126113292busby
bushy135416682bushy
busty105621012busty
busy94727172bu_sy
butty104020112butty
buy86436542bu__y
caddy125414022caddy
cruddy1334192cruddy
cuddly13388412cuddly
curdy115916522curdy
daddy116212562daddy
eddy93912092_eddy
faddy135511622faddy
giddy115810202giddy
kiddy144910272kiddy
middy124812592middy
muddly13418602muddly
neddy10479872neddy
noddy105411202noddy
paddy125913592paddy
puddly13438132puddly
pudgy124911162pudgy
rudd65917472rudd_
rudds74811702rudds
soddy104210702soddy
sudd64719772sudd_
sudds75513592sudds
sudsy95010682sudsy
teddy10489492teddy
toddy106812422toddy
undy85015162_undy
waddy135312992waddy
widdy136112182widdy

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 Limit53800741.37339184.3
3Display Results74740.0164625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691741.702104988.8
 
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