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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 “buggery” 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.

44 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
buggery1436793(None) 
bugger104418721bugger_
buggers114315661buggers
bagger104619202bagger_
baggers113915692baggers
beggary14316152beggary
bigger104315062bigger_
biggety1434432biggety
budger104617712budger_
budgers114314922budgers
bugged114318402bugge_d
buggered1335622buggered
buggier113611342buggier_
buggy124613482bugg__y
bugler94717722bugler_
buglers105115322buglers
bulger94917352bulger_
bulgers105215142bulgers
burger94020792burger_
burgers103918572burgers
butlery12369422butlery
buttery124311192buttery
doggery13448262doggery
hugger114713122hugger_
huggers124211592huggers
jaggery19336902jaggery
jugglery20303812jugglery
lugger83916552lugger_
luggers93713482luggers
mugger103914702mugger_
muggers113611932muggers
nuggety1234312nuggety
piggery14266192piggery
puggry13374822pugg_ry
rugger84414512rugger_
ruggers94612312ruggers
snuggery13253972snuggery
surgery11319212surgery
thuggery1642562thuggery
toggery12505922toggery
tugger84013102tugger_
tuggers93711442tuggers
waggery15276902waggery
wiggery15295872wiggery

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671443.50030763.1
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691443.88945947.8
 
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