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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 “bullyrag” 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.

28 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
bullyrag144321(None) 
ballyrag1443431ballyrag
bullyrags1542801bullyrags
ballyrags1543072ballyrags
bullfrog1442362bullfrog
bullying14329292bullying
ballyard1445893ballyard
bellying14359073bellying
billycan1543223billycan
bulla74620563bull__a_
bullae83416163bull__ae
bullbat1158553bull_bat
bulldog1174253bull_dog
bullfrogs1542323bullfrogs
bullhead1464783bullhead
bulling104324793bull_ing
bullring11388423bullring
bullshat1344973bullshat
bully105124813bully___
bullyboy1842423bullyboy
bullyragged1951173bullyragged
butyral1245713bu_tyral
cullying14297503cullying
gullying13367243gullying
lallygag1341913lallygag
lollygag1341773lollygag
sullying12328513sullying
wallydrag1751243wallydrag

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162286.20323563.1
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691286.64226903.2
 
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