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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 “hurleys” 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.

39 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
hurleys1340733(None) 
burleys12479671burleys
hurlers103714321hurlers
hurley125012521hurley_
barleys125011842barleys
burlers94120272burlers
burley114715752burley_
charleys1695632charleys
curlers94218072curlers
curlews12387392curlews
furlers104214222furlers
furless103210142furless
gulleys11438522gulleys
gurneys11406462gurneys
henleys1334842henleys
hueless1058822hueless
hullers103616262hullers
hunkeys17386192hunkeys
hurdlers12337492hurdlers
hurdles113613372hurdle_s
hurled104617452hurle_d
hurler94717222hurle_r
hurlies103315332hurlies
hurls86522712hurl__s
hurly115819292hurl_y_
hurrays13386152hurrays
hurters103413642hurters
hurtles103913752hurtle_s
hurtless11307782hurtless
muleys11409642mu_leys
mulleys12299202mulleys
murreys12367322murreys
parleys125212372parleys
pulleys12399142pulleys
purveys15615902purveys
pusleys12286232pusleys
surreys10489442surreys
surveys13357572surveys
turkeys1434522turkeys

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit107671393.06335152.1
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691393.21955511.3
 
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