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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 “bubba” 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
bubba8431180(None) 
bubbas94110701bubbas
bubby115013931bubby
abba810522652_abba
baba88828352b_aba
babka137812912babka
bibb75819212bibb_
bibbs84911582bibbs
bobby114814662bobby
bub76343982bu_b_
bubal94218212bubal
bubble94016592bubble
bubbly124110352bubbly
bubo85621912bu_bo
bubs86235502bu_bs
bubu85022672bu_bu
bubus95115452bubus
bulb85626692bulb_
bulbar1039582bulbar
bulbs96016932bulbs
bulla74620562bulla
buna64730722bu_na
bunya103810092bunya
bura66139532bu_ra
burb85334672burb_
burbs95423492burbs
burka114617692burka
burqa165013092burqa
bursa74921522bursa
busbar1038452busbar
busby126113292busby
cubby145212122cubby
hubby155011402hubby
juba134916982ju_ba
jubbah2034352jubbah
nubby125011032nubby
nubia7311232nubia
rubby124413862rubby
rumba93612512rumba
suba64926602su_ba
tuba65422362tu_ba
tubby124511402tubby

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit53800421.72031279.1
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691421.81298615.3
 
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