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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 “surely” 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.

60 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
surely9381646(None) 
purely114013631purely
sorely94618011sorely
surety93515011surety
surly85124431sur_ly
barely114716792barely
burbly134311152burbly
burley114715752burley
burly104922832bur_ly
curly105321232cur_ly
curtly1149282curtly
cutely115312802cutely
direly10311562direly
hugely1336802hugely
hurley125012522hurley
hurly115819292hur_ly
jurel124516332jurel_
jurels133710582jurels
merely111312592merely
murkly15368302murkly
mutely113811652mutely
nudely10299032nudely
purply13369052purply
rarely93513652rarely
rely75428952__rely
rudely10389972rudely
safely12249392safely
sagely102811382sagely
sanely93114612sanely
saurel6511992saurel_
saurels749302saurels
screwy14659462screwy
securely1345072securely
seely84522632s_eely
solely93714212solely
sorel56231442sorel_
sorels63921162sorels
sourly93612212sour_ly
sparely123410672sparely
spryly1435512spryly
squarely2045352squarely
steely93612572steely
suably112814532suably
suavely1376492suavely
subtly11249262subtly
suety85318492su_ety
sully84622902su_lly
supply1346892supply
sural55931262sural_
sure45447412sure__
surer54833102sure_r
surest65026762surest
surfy115319472sur_fy
surgery11319212surgery
surgy95118522sur_gy
surlily10310002surlily
surrey94414582surrey
survey124111672survey
unsurely1146382unsurely
yarely122810302yarely

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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit82551602.81329346.2
3Display Results60600.0163750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691603.20255806.1
 
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