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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 “goldbug” 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.

36 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
goldbug124210(None) 
goldbugs1342101goldbugs
bedbug12193973_bedbug
billbug1242753billbug
colobus11389373colobus
dorbug1034953do_rbug
folding123912443folding
foldout1149533foldout
foldup1233813fold_up
gelding103911793gelding
gilding103813003gilding
glug66118013g_l__ug
goading103112853goading
godding113911943godding
godling103513403godling
gold65430163gold___
goldarn944383goldarn
golden84411153gold_en
golder84417603gold_er
goldest92411173goldest
goldeye1234643goldeye
golds75421313gold__s
goldurn943333goldurn
golfing12368943golfing
goodby13406283goodb_y
goodbye14364193goodbye
goodbys14354173goodbys
holding123514283holding
holdout11510903holdout
holdup1245183hold_up
holibut1297483holibut
lovebug1342033lovebug
molding114213753molding
mudbug1243253_mudbug
nondrug944103nondrug
redbug10165473_redbug

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 Filter1786911340270.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit134027366.72019944.5
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691367.12625075.9
 
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