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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 “survey” 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.

48 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
survey12411167(None) 
curvey144111841curvey
purvey14559571purvey
surrey94414581surrey
surveys13357571surveys
burley114715752burley
curve104920022curve_
curved124815222curved
curves114619282curves
curvet114720242curvet
curvy136013372curv_y
garvey13127872garvey
gurney10429412gurney
hurley125012522hurley
jarvey19135402jarvey
murrey114312262murrey
purveys15615902purveys
resurvey1444822resurvey
scurvy14386102scurv_y
serve85425962serve_
served104616812served
server94917712server
serves94423652serves
slavey124011802slavey
spurrey12307812spurrey
suave83519872suave_
suavely1376492suavely
suaver93014232suaver
sure45447412sur_e_
surely93816462surely
surer54833102sur_er
surety93515012surety
surfed103814462surfed
surfer93515882surfer
surfy115319472sur_fy
surge65027692surge_
surged84118882surged
surger74320092surger
surgery11319212surgery
surges73924592surges
surgy95118522sur_gy
surly85124432sur_ly
surreys10489442surreys
surveil1045092surveil
surveyed1544232surveyed
surveyor1442262surveyor
turkey1337762turkey
turves94212692turves

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 Filter178691825510.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit82551482.42334069.7
3Display Results48480.0133692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691482.82663231.1
 
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