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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 “bull” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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229 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
bull6563487(None) 
ball66043321ball
bell66237181bell
bill67239941bill
boll65634751boll
buhl95518221buhl
bulb85626691bulb
bulk105426151bulk
bulla74620561bulla
bulls75629571bulls
bully105124811bully
burl64937181burl
cull65929641cull
dull56430441dull
full75229151full
gull54828451gull
hull75428781hull
lull44225761lull
mull65128801mull
null45125311null
pull64731661pull
ahull84010312ahull
all36148232_all
auld54125362auld
baal67033112baal
bail65042802bail
bal56662722b_al
bald76432902bald
bale66353842bale
balk105132222balk
balls76236412balls
bally105530102bally
balm85534202balm
bals66354042bals
baulk114914332baulk
bawl95326062bawl
bel57148462b_el
belle75827832belle
bells76432162bells
belly104625492belly
bels66142492bels
belt65754032belt
bile66147182bile
bilk105824422bilk
bills75632862bills
billy105525362billy
birl65830472birl
blub85324872blub
blue65328462blue
blur66020532blur
boil66335182boil
bola66035562bola
bold75432812bold
bole66448692bole
bolls75531312bolls
bolo65535952bolo
bolt66254172bolt
boule74828042boule
boulle84614612boulle
bowl96827702bowl
brill74819952brill
bub76343982bu_b
bubal94218212bubal
bubo85621912bubo
bubs86235502bubs
bubu85022672bubu
buck125129902buck
bud67041272bu_d
buds75235172buds
buff125229862buff
bug65340742bu_g
bugle84721942bugle
bugs76035912bugs
buhls105111802buhls
buhr95315382buhr
build84413352build
built74325922built
bulbel104510682bulbel
bulbil10389572bulbil
bulbs96016932bulbs
bulbul10348072bulbul
bulge86419872bulge
bulgy115214102bulgy
bulks115920612bulks
bulky146215572bulky
bullae83416162bullae
bulled94626492bulled
bullet84528612bullet
bum75342692bu_m
bumf116126512bumf
bump106228242bump
bums85934592bums
bun56348142bu_n
buna64730722buna
bund75530662bund
bung75730632bung
bunk105731352bunk
bunn65023652bunn
buns66243722buns
bunt65850852bunt
buoy95921782buoy
bur55744692bu_r
bura66139532bura
burb85334672burb
burd75534262burd
burg74930362burg
burls74228852burls
burly104922832burly
burn65636432burn
burp85028882burp
burr65631232burr
burs65847422burs
bury95633592bury
bus56950972bu_s
bush96630712bush
busk105429222busk
buss65134912buss
bust65947782bust
busy94727172busy
but55963022bu_t
bute66739672bute
butle75023102butle
buts67247692buts
butt65143742butt
butyl1089102butyl
buy86436542bu_y
buys95726792buys
buzz146617802buzz
byrl95716012byrl
call66838672call
cell65031722cell
culls75425812culls
cully105520462cully
culm85822382culm
cult66541152cult
curl66035052curl
dell56938202dell
dill55239972dill
doll56632492doll
dual55928172dual
duel56729702duel
dulls64523742dulls
dully94921632dully
duly85323032duly
ell36735682_ell
fall75535312fall
fell76833072fell
fill75540192fill
fuel76824732fuel
fulls84623522fulls
fully114820862fully
furl77030882furl
gall56335992gall
gill56336182gill
gul45832792gu_l
gulf84929422gulf
gulls65222982gulls
gully94020682gully
gulp75521362gulp
guls55930852guls
hall75741162hall
hell75637892hell
hill76439492hill
hula74923752hula
hulk115321612hulk
hullo84417452hullo
hulls84923562hulls
hurl76029932hurl
ill37437092_ill
jell117125872jell
jill116430262jill
kill85533182kill
lall45531312lall
loll46128382loll
lulls54119652lulls
lulu44122882lulu
mall64639372mall
mell64935612mell
mill66541482mill
moll66735702moll
mule65236972mule
mulla74317112mulla
mulls75124152mulls
nill45634302nill
nulls55019982nulls
nurl45327242nurl
pall65039342pall
pill65339462pill
poll66332132poll
pul56138062pu_l
pula65129372pula
pule65040952pule
puli65527622puli
pulls74425052pulls
pulp84825352pulp
puls65437562puls
purl65631422purl
quell144311432quell
quill148413772quill
quoll14379492quoll
rill45140902rill
roll46331652roll
rule49938422rule
ruly76323142ruly
sall44544682sall
scull75315762scull
sell45840612sell
sill45545152sill
skull94812032skull
stull54916272stull
sulk85326652sulk
sully84622902sully
sulu45128422sulu
tall47240212tall
tell44934702tell
till45941202till
toll45535262toll
trull54012672trull
tule45735872tule
tulle54019932tulle
ulu36028702_ulu
vill75235072vill
wall76236102wall
well75832042well
will75737512will
yell76028322yell
yill75628972yill
yule75725142yule
zill135727612zill

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 Filter178691298720.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit298722290.92332364.0
3Display Results2292290.0464978.3
 (SQL Overall)1786912291.265141257.7
 
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