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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbarbut” 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.

30 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
barbut10461700(None) 
barbet104427881barbet
barbuts11439841barbuts
abut66834952_a_but
arbute8311042_arbute
babu85829232ba_bu_
babul96317712ba_bul
babus95620332ba_bus
barb85240062barb__
barbal104016662barbal
barbate11314542barbate
barbe95328282barb_e
barbed115121312barbed
barbel104317072barbel
barber104419322barber
barbes104526232barbes
barbets114915842barbets
barbie105018352barbie
barbs95928192barb_s
barbule1137942barbule
barest85327692barest
barium10313512barium
barque17239552barque
barret84930482barret
brut66537962b_r_ut
burbot10815652burbot
earbud936282earbud
hagbut1278912hagbut
sacbut10811942sacbut
sagbut959752sagbut

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 Filter178691825510.1061685764.2
2DLD Change Limit82551302.76629844.9
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691302.88861873.6