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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 “bubales” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

42 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
bubales11351334(None) 
bubale104014621bubale_
bubalis11359901bubalis
bubals103513841bubal_s
bubbles104315961bubbles
aubades1038752aubades
babbles104416322babbles
bales76250082__bales
baubles113611862baub_les
bibles104617642bib_les
bobbles104514912bobbles
bubal94218212bubal__
bubalises1346322bubalises
bubbies103913512bubbies
bubble94016592bubble_
bubbled113612122bubbled
bubbler103611782bubbler
bubblers11448942bubblers
bubblies1166772bubblies
bubkes144612622bub_kes
buboes104513992bub_oes
buckles153416092buckles
buddles113913072buddles
bugbanes1345152bugbanes
bugles94822442bu_gles
bumbles134016842bumbles
bundles103515772bundles
bungles104116762bungles
burbles114916802burbles
burgles105615962burgles
bustles93816322bustles
butanes9312742butanes
butles84423912bu_tles
cubages1237922cubages
jubiles16289372jubiles
nubbles113412432nubbles
rubaces1139312rubaces
rubbles113715112rubbles
rubles83921702rub_les
subsales10310122subsales
tubules9310232tubules
unbales92914862unbales

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671423.17333933.5
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691423.54650392.3
 
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