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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 “bulldozed” 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.

28 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
bulldozed224223(None) 
bulldoze2043051bulldoze_
bulldozer2152411bulldozer
bulldozes2143051bulldozes
bulldogged1651752bulldogged
bulldozers2252032bulldozers
ballooned1245103ballooned
balloted1189043ball_oted
bellowed14158603bell_owed
billowed14137063bill_owed
bolloxed1834473boll_oxed
builded1136473build__ed
bulldog1174253bulldo__g
bulldogger1551923bulldogger
bulldogs1274243bulldo_gs
bulldozing2342163bulldozing
bulldyke1841953bulldyke_
bulldykes1941913bulldykes
bulled94626493bull___ed
bulleted1138393bull_eted
bullied104514813bull__ied
bullnose1044553bullnose_
bullnoses1144703bullnoses
bullweed1444753bull_weed
hulloaed12105803hull_oaed
hulloed11369793hull_o_ed
hullooed12135093hull_ooed
mullioned1245733mullioned

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641287.25020502.2
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.71923149.5
 
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