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

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

32 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
greenbug124263(None) 
greenbugs1342501greenbugs
greening103112532greening
gerenuk1243843geren_uk
greeing93613783gree_ing
green65522143green___
greenback1853443greenback
greenbelt1243973greenbelt
greened93111263green_ed
greener83111713green_er
greenery12265923greenery
greenest9312623greenest
greenfly1554083greenfly
greengage1243253greengage
greenie8310123green_ie
greenier938713greenier
greenies9312673greenies
greenings11266663greenings
greenish1247073greenish
greenlet948513greenlet
greenling1136753greenling
greenlit945803greenlit
greenly11408183green_ly
greens75716873green__s
greenth11116723green_th
greenths1295213greenths
greenway1543853greenway
greenwing1434693greenwing
greeny104811453green__y
greeting103112353greeting
preening113115843preening
redbug10165473_r_edbug

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162328.04618165.8
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691328.21821743.9