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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 “bugaboo” 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.

30 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
bugaboo124431(None) 
bugaboos1343401bugaboos
baboo94319502b__aboo
jigaboo1742992jigaboo
rubaboo1144092rubaboo
babool103012153b__abool
baboon103613913b__aboon
baboos103517013b__aboos
bamboo12310013b_amboo
bazoo163815673b__azoo
belabor1136293belabor
bigaroon1144593bigaroon
booboo1039463b_ooboo
bubo85621913bu__b_o
buckaroo1644423buckaroo
bugbane1255863bugbane
bungalow1441883bungalow
burbot10815653bu_rbot
burgoo938933bu_rgoo
busboy13307443bu_sboy
butanol945433butanol
buyable1437493buyable
fugato1036223fuga_to
fugatos1135483fugatos
gaboon93211773__gaboon
gazoo153112873__gazoo
jigaboos1842853jigaboos
rubaboos1242653rubaboos
rubbaboo1151483rubbaboo
taboo73418093__taboo

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 Filter1786911340270.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit134027306.48620664.0
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691306.90225889.7
 
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