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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 “surgy” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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98 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
surgy9511852(None) 
surfy115319471surfy
surge65027691surge
surly85124431surly
buggy124613482buggy
bulgy115214102bulgy
burg74930362burg_
burgh115216032burgh
burgs84924092burgs
burly104922832burly
burry105221562burry
bury95633592bur_y
curdy115916522curdy
curly105321232curly
curry105920342curry
curvy136013372curvy
dungy104713642dungy
fuggy135411672fuggy
furry116719282furry
fury107727972fur_y
furzy2010116062furzy
gurge75419782gurge
gurry94515412gurry
hurly115819292hurly
hurry114917182hurry
jury146719592jur_y
muggy125612372muggy
murky145216682murky
murry105120232murry
orgy85218002_orgy
porgy116916122porgy
pudgy124911162pudgy
puggy124612322puggy
purge85324602purge
pursy105016412pursy
purty105019402purty
saggy105917462saggy
sagy85327082s_agy
sarge65531132sarge
sargo65424412sargo
sarky125521782sarky
saury84317222saur_y
scry96017762scr_y
scurfy14338762scurfy
scurry11419592scurry
scurvy14386102scurvy
sedgy104512792sedgy
serge64727472serge
serry84824122serry
sludgy11366252sludgy
slurry9378602slurry
smudgy13294132smudgy
soggy105413902soggy
sorgo64719722sorgo
sorry84618252sorry
sourly93612212sourly
splurgy1343022splurgy
spray106720062spray
spry96819122spr_y
spurge93711322spurge
spurry11429122spurry
stagy96618892stagy
stogy95414082stogy
stray88525572stray
stroy87720392stroy
sturdy1037042sturdy
sucky144415502sucky
sudsy95010682sudsy
suety85318492suety
sugh86423442su_gh
sulky124715362sulky
sully84622902sully
sung55832172sung_
sunny84917742sunny
sunray9310122sunray
sura45740292sur_a
surah86823252surah
sural55931262sural
suras55336332suras
surd56433812sur_d
surds65624662surds
sure45447412sur_e
surely93816462surely
surer54833102surer
surety93515012surety
surf76039312sur_f
surfs85022542surfs
surged84118882surged
surger74320092surger
surgery11319212surgery
surges73924592surges
surra55521342surra
surrey94414582surrey
survey124111672survey
turfy114315402turfy
urge54722422_urge
usury887622usur_y
vuggy13589482vuggy

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 Filter178691538000.300595636.7
2DLD Change Limit53800981.87328724.0
3Display Results98980.0631555.6
 (SQL Overall)178691982.23679915.5
 
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