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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 “spurning” 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.

49 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
spurning1125866(None) 
spurring11339761spurring
spurting113111631spurting
burning104215502_burning
churning14237172churning
durning93511732_durning
inurning937552inurning
mourning1156792mourning
pruning10311732_pruning
punning103414992_punning
purging113314182_purging
purling103620292_purling
purring104515822_purring
pursing103715552_pursing
scorning1169132scorning
shunning12367842shunning
slurping11278122slurping
slurring9288832slurring
sorning83116812s_orning
sourcing1158352sourcing
souring83219062sour_ing
spanning113311082spanning
sparging122611132sparging
sparing104823872spar_ing
sparking152812542sparking
sparling112714532sparling
sparring113112222sparring
spawning14296912spawning
speaning113512242speaning
spinning113310812spinning
spiring103918182spir_ing
spirting112913632spirting
splining11310772splining
splurging1333622splurging
spooning112811442spooning
sporing104319412spor_ing
sporting112415462sporting
spring94526012sp_r_ing
sprucing1336892sprucing
spudding1335652spudding
spuing94313362spu__ing
spuming1248522spu_ming
spunking15258062spunking
stunning9298462stunning
sunning83715672s_unning
surfing112914482s_urfing
surging93115432s_urging
turning83713182_turning
upturning1263372upturning

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911210590.580308087.9
2DLD Change Limit121059495.76321006.2
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691496.35928100.5
 
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