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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

67 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
bustle8401548(None) 
bustled104011511bustled
bustler94012561bustler
bustles93816321bustles
butle75023101bu_tle
hustle93113991hustle
justle133211581justle
rustle63615411rustle
baste74829982bast_e
bastile9313912bastile
battle85217862battle
beetle8311672beetle
bistre83815022bistre
bottle84916072bottle
bristle91910102bristle
bubale104014622bubale
bubble94016592bubble
buckle144815192buckle
buddle104313082buddle
bugle84721942bu_gle
bumble124216892bumble
bundle94315572bundle
bungle97116112bungle
burble104617702burble
burgle94815862burgle
bushel114513942bushel
busily112211502busily
bust65947782bust__
busted95123152busted
buster84726492buster
bustic101012692bustic
bustier93916152bustier
bustlers104210612bustlers
bustline10208842bustline
busts75227692bust_s
busty105621012bust_y
bute66739672bu_t_e
butled94818602bu_tled
butler84220032bu_tler
butles84423912bu_tles
butte74924292bu_tte
castle84918962castle
cuttle84113892cuttle
eustele738192eustele
fusile94313492fusile
guttle74111972guttle
hurtle93512942hurtle
hustled113210132hustled
hustler103410752hustler
hustles103414172hustles
istle52214712_istle
jostle13319862jostle
justled15338092justled
justles143311432justles
justly16307252justly
lustre64011682lustre
muscle10310972muscle
mustee83922102mustee
nestle63013952nestle
pestle83215842pestle
pustule937682pustule
rustled83311322rustled
rustler73512342rustler
rustles73416412rustles
subtle82113432subtle
turtle63213572turtle
tussle637142tussle

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551672.68630733.8
3Display Results67670.0164187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691672.81263545.9
 
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