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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 “scurry” 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.

43 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
scurry1141959(None) 
curry105920341_curry
scarry116311181scarry
scurfy14338761scurfy
scurvy14386101scurvy
slurry9378601slurry
spurry11429121spurry
blurry11437672blurry
burry105221562_burry
carry105823782_carry
curdy115916522_curdy
curly105321232_curly
curr65429652_curr_
currs75624392_currs
curvy136013372_curvy
flurry12397112flurry
furry116719282_furry
gurry94515412_gurry
hurry114917182_hurry
murry105120232_murry
saury84317222sau_ry
scarey115016982scarey
scary105222592sc_ary
scry96017762sc__ry
scummy15265222scummy
scurf104719322scu_rf
scurfs113210812scurfs
scurril945112scurril
scuzzy1933082scuzzy
serry84824122s_erry
sherry124510412sherry
skerry13356102skerry
sorry84618252s_orry
sourly93612212sourly
sparry115111302sparry
spurrey12307812spurrey
starry94911672starry
sturdy1037042sturdy
surfy115319472s_urfy
surgy95118522s_urgy
surly85124432s_urly
surra55521342s_urra
surrey94414582s_urrey

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551432.48333246.5
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691432.85962501.2
 
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