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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 “buglosses” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

38 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
buglosses124354(None) 
bughouses1544742bughouses
bugloss1035892buglo_s_s
glosses84014122__glosses
reglosses1045342reglosses
bagasses1136313bag_asses
baghouses1545463baghouses
bignesses1267963bignesses
bigoses1039073big_o_ses
blesses93812393b__lesses
blisses94911513b__lisses
blouses94014463b__louses
bosses85925403b___osses
bughouse1445073bughouse_
bugles94822443bugl___es
bullnoses1144703bullnoses
burgesses1245513burgesses
burnooses1143433burnooses
burnouses1144853burnouses
busses85023383bu___sses
cutlasses1145103cutlasses
engrosses1045483engrosses
flosses103411973__flosses
glasses84414273__glasses
glossas8438193__glossas
glossed94410073__glossed
glosser83410813__glosser
glossers9319053__glossers
glossies93311253__glossies
grosses84517683__grosses
isoglosses1152503isoglosses
losses65925233___losses
outgrosses1144783outgrosses
reglossed1144013reglossed
sunglasses1143853sunglasses
unglossed1144133unglossed
unlooses8127293_unlooses
uptosses1043973_uptosses

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.450397091.1
2DLD Change Limit148641387.17320722.3
3Display Results38380.0331151.5
 (SQL Overall)178691387.65623340.0
 
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