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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 “burglary” 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.

50 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
burglary147313(None) 
burglar1065531burglar_
burglars1154591burglars
bursary12397582bur_sary
basilary1345063basilary
beggary14316153b_eggary
briary114912003b_r_iary
budgetary1651803budgetary
buggery14367933bu_ggery
bugler94717723bu_gler_
buglers105115323bu_glers
bungler104611483bungler_
bunglers11398483bunglers
burbler114412423burbler_
burblers12399263burblers
burbly134311153burbl__y
burgage1136633burg_age
burger94020793burg_er_
burgers103918573burg_ers
burghal1335073burgha_l
burgher1337003burgher_
burghers1435633burghers
burglaries1344193burglaries
burglarize2252723burglarize
burgle94815863burgl__e
burgled115511423burgl_ed
burgles105615963burgl_es
burgling12239303burgling
burgrave1443113burgrave
burgundy1541353burgundy
burlap1098353bur_la_p
burlaps1156253bur_laps
burler84723833bur_ler_
burlers94120273bur_lers
burley114715753bur_l_ey
burlily1237713bur_lily
burly104922833bur_l__y
burry105221563bur___ry
bursar85413253bur_sar_
bursars94510893bur_sars
butlery12369423bu_tlery
glary96018543___glary
jugglery20303813jugglery
outglare937383outglare
pupilary15104123pupilary
sugary1039013su_g_ary
surgery11319213surg_ery
turbary1236383tur_bary
tutelary1143573tutelary
urinary1037243_urinary

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162506.76621602.4
3Display Results50500.0301666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691507.20224811.3
 
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