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

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99 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
buhls10511180(None) 
buhl95518221buhl_
buhrs104811241buhrs
bulls75629571bulls
burls74228851burls
baals76122702baals
bahts105617802bahts
bails75933522bails
balls76236412balls
bals66354042b_als
bawls105719322bawls
bells76432162bells
bels66142492b_els
bhuts105812952bhuts
bills75632862bills
birls74023162birls
bohos105618252bohos
boils75427192boils
bolls75531312bolls
bowls106121432bowls
bubals103513842bubals
bubs86235502bu_bs
bubus95115452bubus
bucks134824292bucks
buds75235182bu_ds
buffs135519512buffs
bugle84721942bugle
bugles94822442bugles
bugs76035912bu_gs
buhr95315382buh_r
build84413352build
builds9378492builds
built74325922built
bulb85626692bu_lb
bulbs96016932bulbs
bulk105426152bu_lk
bulks115920612bulks
bull65634872bu_ll
bulla74620562bulla
bully105124812bully
bumfs125414052bumfs
bumps115921142bumps
bums85934592bu_ms
bunas75126572bunas
bunds85523542bunds
bungs85323862bungs
bunks115125082bunks
bunns74718292bunns
buns66243722bu_ns
bunts75729802bunts
buoys104810632buoys
buras74736302buras
burbs95423492burbs
burds84626062burds
burgs84924092burgs
burl64937182burl_
burly104922832burly
burns74926782burns
burps94220172burps
burrs74925652burrs
burs65847422bu_rs
bus56950972bu__s
buses75936012buses
bushels124110712bushels
bushes115226112bushes
busks115521372busks
buss65134912bu_ss
busts75227692busts
butes714535872butes
butle75023102butle
butles84423912butles
buts67247692bu_ts
butts75824252butts
butyls1176752butyls
buys95726792bu_ys
byrls105711232byrls
culls75425812culls
curls74927102curls
dahls95012282dahls
duals65620082duals
duels65619232duels
dulls64523742dulls
fuels87117352fuels
fulls84623522fulls
furls85322052furls
gulls65222982gulls
guls55930852gu_ls
hulls84923562hulls
hurls86522712hurls
kohls12437802kohls
lulls54119652lulls
muhly1358522muhly
mulls75124152mulls
nulls55019982nulls
nurls55519682nurls
pulls74425052pulls
puls65437562pu_ls
purls74723352purls
shuls85319712shuls

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800991.62333148.5
3Display Results99990.0333000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691991.96990752.2
 
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