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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbulbously” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

22 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
bulbously164385(None) 
biliously1446662biliously
bulbous1138292bulbous__
bibulously1753263bibul_ously
blousily1345193b_l_ousily
blousy11459123b_l_ous_y
bulbul10348073bulb_u_l_
bulbuls11346783bulb_u_ls
bullous9311663bullous__
callously1445473callously
cumbrously1953863cumbrously
curiously1447673curiously
dubiously1545293dubiously
duteously1345053duteously
emulously1444463emul_ously
fabulously1853323fabul_ously
furiously1546503furiously
gibbously1772923gibbously
hugeously1644033hugeously
nebulously1553613nebul_ously
ruinously1245733ruinously
villously1544533villously

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641227.23620541.9
3Display Results22220.0131692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691227.66923300.4