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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 “butyl” 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.

36 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
butyl108910(None) 
butyls1176751butyls
beryl101211672beryl
betel74419902betel
botel75121862botel
brutal859382brutal
bubal94218212bubal
buhl95518222bu_hl
bull65634872bu_ll
bully105124812bully
bunya103810092bunya
buoy95921782buoy_
buoys104810632buoys
burl64937182bu_rl
burly104922832burly
bury95633592bury_
busty105621012busty_
busy94727172busy_
but55963022but__
butch125416542butch
bute66739672but_e
buteo75419892buteo
butes714535872butes
butle75023102butle
buts67247692but_s
butt65143742but_t
butte74924292butte
butts75824252butts
butty104020112butty
butut75522912butut
butyral1245712butyral
butyryl1542472butyryl
buy86436542bu_y_
buys95726792bu_ys
duty85321452duty_
octyl10136062octyl

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 Limit53800361.43637465.2
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691361.765101241.4
 
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