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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forlitterbugs” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

13 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
litterbugs135202(None) 
jitterbugs2051601jitterbugs
litterbags1352421litterbags
litterbug1242391litterbug_
jitterbug1941702jitterbug_
litterbag1242792litterbag_
bitternuts1242733bitternuts
butterburs1443163butterburs
letterings11226003letterings
litterers9228193litter_ers
littering102411983littering_
litters73422573litter___s
shutterbugs1771343shutterbugs

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603138.50016541.5
3Display Results13130.016812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691138.93619996.8