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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 “curlews” 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.

35 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
curlews1238739(None) 
curfews15294911curfews
curlers94218071curlers
curlew114010901curlew_
burlers94120272burlers
burleys12479672burleys
carles85435082carle_s
carless95118492carless
clews105516332c__lews
crews105917502c_r_ews
culets85518512cu_lets
cullers93418852cullers
cullets94015612cullets
curbers115514382curbers
curdlers11368492curdlers
curdles103814572curdle_s
cureless10319702cureless
curers84923192cur_ers
cures75645432cur_e_s
curets84922342cur_ets
curfew14426742curfew_
curies84934022curie_s
curled95021652curle_d
curler85221322curle_r
curls74927102curl__s
cursers94317162cursers
curses85328272curse_s
curves114619282curve_s
curvets12399912curvets
cutlers94217002cutlers
cutlets94113652cutlets
furlers104214222furlers
furless103210142furless
hurlers103714322hurlers
hurleys13407332hurleys

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671353.98627012.3
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691354.40540565.5
 
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