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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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81 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
dufus9401081(None) 
duffs125216621duffs
bubus95115452bubus
buffs135519512buffs
cuffs135017492cuffs
daffs125116422daffs
defis96717502defis
defuse105712722defuse
diffs126315492diffs
difs86027332dif_s
doffs125614332doffs
doofus1036162doofus
duads76515342duads
duals65620082duals
dubs78432192du_bs
duces86327472duces
ducks124823212ducks
ducts85319892ducts
dudes75424372dudes
duds65530152du_ds
duels65619232duels
dues56045502du_es
duets65323882duets
duff114326642duf_f
dufuses11436592dufuses
dugs614832282du_gs
duits65021882duits
dukes105023472dukes
dulls64523742dulls
dumas85420432dumas
dumbs105915752dumbs
dumps105220102dumps
dunes65332172dunes
dungs75821972dungs
dunks105621192dunks
duns55140432du_ns
dunts65828412dunts
duos56728132du_os
dupes86425932dupes
dups75929512du_ps
duras65727732duras
dures65635922dures
durns64819872durns
duros65422692duros
durrs65519992durrs
durum8513202durum
durums948152durums
dusks105317252dusks
dusts65923562dusts
fucus105515892fucus
fugus95914012fugus
guffs124414822guffs
gurus64318192gurus
huffs144514742huffs
humus106215072humus
jujus11347462jujus
jukus16398672jukus
kudus104910812kudus
kufis1249252kufis
kurus98015632kurus
luaus54514902luaus
luffs114516282luffs
lulus54315162lulus
lupus74512522lupus
lusus54813872lusus
mucus94015742mucus
muffs134114212muffs
mumus95517282mumus
puffs134114932puffs
pupus94614042pupus
rubus76415062rubus
ruffs114516742ruffs
rufous948272rufous
sulus54821882sulus
tofus86415422tofus
tufas85314382tufas
tuffs115118262tuffs
tufts85713272tufts
tutus55214812tutus
ulus45622562_ulus
urus46426142_urus

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 Filter178691538000.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit53800812.29623432.1
3Display Results81810.0332454.5
 (SQL Overall)178691812.70566059.5
 
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