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

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

55 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
kudu9581543(None) 
kudo96115111kudo
kudus104910801kudus
kudzu19495781kudzu
kuru85521801kuru
bedu75923692bedu
bubu85022672bubu
bud67041272bud_
buds75235172buds
cud67937452cud_
cuds76730472cuds
dud56737592dud_
dude65629662dude
duds65530142duds
fud76335152fud_
fuds86528562fuds
fugu85419862fugu
gude65423332gude
guru54623912guru
judo125315302judo
juju103612122juju
juku154414852juku
kadi96224832kadi
kagu95418112kagu
kid86540622kid_
kids96029642kids
kudos105011252kudos
kudzus20443952kudzus
kue76631862ku_e
kues86426772kues
kufi11910652kufi
kuna85120702kuna
kune85424572kune
kurus98015632kurus
luau44824162luau
lude55331642lude
lulu44122882lulu
mud67336862mud_
muds75530652muds
mumu86022062mumu
nude56626272nude
oud47439072oud_
ouds56430102ouds
pud65836652pud_
puds75630512puds
pupu87620712pupu
rudd65917472rudd
rude55632782rude
sudd64719772sudd
suds56135292suds
sulu45128422sulu
tutu48423172tutu
udo49027302_udo
ulu36028702_ulu
wud76227152wud_

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 Filter178691298720.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit29872550.87334217.6
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691551.155154710.8
 
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