Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “shutterbugs” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

38 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
shutterbugs177134(None) 
shutterbug1671661shutterbug_
butterburs1443163_butterburs
jitterbugs2051603_jitterbugs
litterbugs1352023_litterbugs
shuttering1496563shuttering_
shutterless1452133shutterless
shutters113611353shutter___s
superbugs1445363s_u_perbugs
butterbur1342934_butterbu_r
buttercups1652104_buttercups
butternuts1242994_butternuts
gutterings12224924_gutterings
jitterbug1941704_jitterbug_
litterbags1352424_litterbags
litterbug1242394_litterbug_
scatterguns1451274scatterguns
scatterings14103974scatterings
scuttering1386634scuttering_
scutters103311024scutter___s
shatterers13185724shatter_ers
shattering1498284shattering_
shatters113313914shatter___s
shunters113210754shunter___s
shutter103712144shutter____
shuttered13156334shutter__ed
shuttlers1254124shuttler___s
smatterings14103844smatterings
spittlebugs165684spittlebugs
sputterers12174584sputter_ers
sputtering13106464sputtering_
sputters104012874sputter___s
stutterers10164304stutter_ers
stuttering1196354stuttering_
stutters83210474stutter___s
subterfuge16112024s_ubterfuge
subterfuges1791914s_ubterfuges
superbug1345334s_u_perbug_

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819388.15618246.6
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691388.60820758.7
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2026  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.