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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 “curlew” 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.

58 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
curlew11401090(None) 
curfew14426741curfew
curled95021651curled
curler85221321curler
curlews12387391curlews
burled94825382burled
burler84723832burler
burley114715752burley
carle74535702carle_
carles85435082carles
clew95520572c__lew
crew96122682c_r_ew
culet76040342cu_let
culex144613932cu_lex
culled94022472culled
culler84322252culler
cullet84727312cullet
curbed114615872curbed
curber104517052curber
curded104217162curded
curdle95514312curdle_
curdled113910662curdled
curdler103511562curdler
curdles103814572curdles
cure66149122cur_e_
cured85932132cur_ed
curer75030752cur_er
cures75645432cur_es
curet75447642cur_et
curfews15294912curfews
curie74533042curie_
curies84934022curies
curl66035052curl__
curlers94218072curlers
curlier93314182curlier
curls74927102curl_s
curly105321232curl_y
curred94319262curred
curse75829142curse_
cursed94321252cursed
curser84721472curser
curses85328272curses
curter85320082curter
curule83614122curule_
curve104920022curve_
curved124815222curved
curves114619282curves
curvet114720242curvet
curvey144111842curvey
cutler84718032cutler
cutlet84924362cutlet
furled104717052furled
furler93616402furler
hurled104617452hurled
hurler94717222hurler
hurley125012522hurley
nurled74016232nurled
purled94520752purled

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551582.56332208.7
3Display Results58580.0134461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691582.91961216.5
 
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