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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 “bulb” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

165 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
bulb8562669(None) 
blub85324871blub
bub76343981bu_b
bulbs96016931bulbs
bulk105426151bulk
bull65634871bull
burb85334671burb
alb57342652_alb
auld54125362auld
bal56662722bal_
bald76432902bald
bale66353842bale
balk105132222balk
ball66043322ball
balm85534202balm
bals66354042bals
barb85240062barb
baulk114914332baulk
bel57148462bel_
bell66237182bell
bels66142492bels
belt65754032belt
bib77045942b_ib
bibb75819212bibb
bilbo95513612bilbo
bilby124912352bilby
bile66147182bile
bilk105824422bilk
bill67239942bill
blab86629132blab
bleb85425222bleb
blob86027092blob
blubs95818152blubs
blue65328462blue
blur66020532blur
blurb95214902blurb
bob76755672b_ob
bola66035562bola
bold75432812bold
bole66448692bole
boll65634752boll
bolo65535952bolo
bolt66254172bolt
bomb106927422bomb
boob85932582boob
boule74828042boule
bubba84311802bubba
bubby115013932bubby
bubo85621912bubo
bubs86235502bubs
bubu85022672bubu
buck125129902buck
bud67041272bu_d
buds75235172buds
buff125229862buff
bug65340742bu_g
bugle84721942bugle
bugs76035912bugs
buhl95518222buhl
buhls105111802buhls
buhr95315382buhr
build84413352build
built74325922built
bulbar1039582bulbar
bulbed114312772bulbed
bulbel104510682bulbel
bulbil10389572bulbil
bulbul10348072bulbul
bulge86419872bulge
bulgy115214102bulgy
bulks115920612bulks
bulky146215572bulky
bulla74620562bulla
bulls75629572bulls
bully105124812bully
bum75342692bu_m
bumf116126512bumf
bump106228242bump
bums85934592bums
bun56348142bu_n
buna64730722buna
bund75530662bund
bung75730632bung
bunk105731352bunk
bunn65023652bunn
buns66243722buns
bunt65850852bunt
buoy95921782buoy
bur55744692bu_r
bura66139532bura
burbs95423492burbs
burd75534262burd
burg74930362burg
burl64937182burl
burls74228852burls
burly104922832burly
burn65636432burn
burp85028882burp
burr65631232burr
burs65847422burs
bury95633592bury
bus56950972bu_s
busby126113292busby
bush96630712bush
busk105429222busk
buss65134912buss
bust65947782bust
busy94727172busy
but55963022bu_t
bute66739672bute
butle75023102butle
buts67247692buts
butt65143742butt
buy86436542bu_y
buys95726792buys
buzz146617802buzz
club85819472club
cub76940942cu_b
cull65929642cull
culm85822382culm
cult66541152cult
curb86732222curb
dub66642202du_b
dull56430442dull
duly85323032duly
dumb97124102dumb
flub95721882flub
fub86337392fu_b
full75229152full
gul45832792gul_
gulf84929422gulf
gull54828452gull
gulp75521362gulp
guls55930852guls
hub86437482hu_b
hula74923752hula
hulk115321612hulk
hull75428782hull
lull44225762lull
lulu44122882lulu
mule65236972mule
mull65128802mull
nub56439142nu_b
null45125312null
numb85520612numb
pub76037692pu_b
pul56138062pul_
pula65129372pula
pule65040952pule
puli65527622puli
pull64731662pull
pulp84825352pulp
puls65437562puls
rub56342822ru_b
rule49938422rule
ruly76323142ruly
slub65428032slub
sub55445552su_b
sulk85326652sulk
sulu45128422sulu
tub55640032tu_b
tule45735872tule
ulu36028702_ulu
urb55731112_urb
yule75725142yule

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 Filter178691298720.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit298721650.90632971.3
3Display Results1651650.0305500.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911651.202148661.4
 
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