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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 “buggy” 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.

75 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
buggy12461348(None) 
baggy125615681baggy
biggy124413131biggy
boggy126116071boggy
bulgy115214101bulgy
fuggy135411671fuggy
muggy125612371muggy
puggy124612321puggy
vuggy13589481vuggy
beigy111110582beigy
bigly114814752bigly
bilgy114713712bilgy
bogey115220232bogey
bogy106426192b_ogy
boogy114518322boogy
braggy13337172braggy
bubby115013932bubby
buddy124812632buddy
budge94619882budge
buffy165013372buffy
bug65340742bu_g_
bugeye1236532bugeye
bugged114318402bugged
bugger104418722bugger
buggery14367932buggery
bugle84721942bugle
bugs76035912bu_gs
bulge86419872bulge
bulky146215572bulky
bully105124812bully
bumpy144715052bumpy
bung75730632bung_
bungs85323862bungs
bunny104715802bunny
buoy95921782bu_oy
buppy144810072buppy
burg74930362burg_
burgh115216032burgh
burgs84924092burgs
burly104922832burly
burry105221562burry
bury95633592bu_ry
busby126113292busby
bushy135416682bushy
busty105621012busty
busy94727172bu_sy
butty104020112butty
buy86436542bu__y
doggy115214872doggy
druggy12344742druggy
dungy104713642dungy
eggy96611852_eggy
faggy136514372faggy
foggy136714542foggy
jaggy175913142jaggy
jiggy17549142jiggy
leggy105210242leggy
loggy105714192loggy
moggy125212162moggy
mugg86316012mugg_
muggs94912322muggs
naggy106612822naggy
piggy124011432piggy
pudgy124911162pudgy
puggry13374822puggry
quaggy2084682quaggy
raggy106116572raggy
rugby11448132rugby
saggy105917462saggy
soggy105413902soggy
surgy95118522surgy
ugly86012382_ugly
vugg95612712vugg_
vuggs10579132vuggs
wiggy134510732wiggy

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 Filter178691538000.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit53800751.50035866.7
3Display Results75750.0164687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691751.84696799.0
 
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