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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 “debut” 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.

48 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
debut8602414(None) 
debit85727851debit
debt77139021deb_t
debug94210061debug
debuts93911751debuts
rebut75927381rebut
abut66834952_abut
beaut75135212beaut
but55963022__but
daut56443562d_aut
dealt65234282dealt
deb66342692deb__
debag94212302debag
debar85517862debar
debate94419192debate
debits94214502debits
debs76530242deb_s
debts86418372debts
debugs10467822debugs
debunk1365112debunk
debuted11379332debuted
debye1138902debye
deduct10610792deduct
deet57356582de_et
defat95426692defat
deft85540222de_ft
degum94711902degum
degust8310252degust
deist64633592deist
delft95623322delft
delt57855272de_lt
demit84832302demit
demur8311162demur
dent57158412de_nt
depot85727922depot
depute94512302depute
deputy12426712deputy
derat65044082derat
devout10712992devout
donut6324512donut
doubt8720092doubt
rebus75721112rebus
rebuts84015192rebuts
rebuy104714682rebuy
recut74729242recut
sebum93814552sebum
zebu153414722zebu_
zebus164610052zebus

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 Filter178691538000.340525561.8
2DLD Change Limit53800481.78330173.9
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691482.13983539.5
 
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