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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 “bushelling” 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.

50 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
bushelling164406(None) 
busheling1535501bushe_ling
shelling123515212__shelling
unshelling1445592unshelling
barrelling1345453barrelling
belling103825073b___elling
bevelling15227453b_evelling
bowelling1566493b_owelling
bulling104324793bu___lling
bushelled1544003bushell_ed
busheller1443553bushell_er
bushellers1543103bushellers
bushelman1651873bushelman_
bushelmen1642423bushelmen_
bushing134018583bush___ing
bustling112110063bus__tling
cudgelling1543323cudgelling
cupelling1436283cu_pelling
dishelming1745273dishelming
dispelling1447613dispelling
duelling103410733du__elling
fuelling123410153fu__elling
funnelling1444243funnelling
helling114623223___helling
hostelling1446163hostelling
houselling1445753hous_elling
outselling1188023outselling
outsmelling1453563outsmelling
outspelling1444143outspelling
outtelling11107133outtelling
outyelling14116143outyelling
pummelling1743163pummelling
quelling18259793qu__elling
reselling102213833res_elling
respelling1347973respelling
selling83225833__s_elling
shealing123415463__shealing
shelving15278173__shelving
shilling123315383__shilling
smelling113712733__smelling
snelling93913563__snelling
spelling113315233__spelling
swelling123212753__swelling
tasselling1145233tasselling
tunnelling1144383tunnelling
unhelming1535493_unhelming
unselling10810333_unselling
upswelling1643363upswelling
upwelling1535233_upwelling
ushering1258923_ushe_ring

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603506.62621219.9
3Display Results50500.0301666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691507.07625253.1
 
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