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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 “curliest” 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.

37 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
curliest10271312(None) 
burliest103113061burliest
curdiest112511391curdiest
curviest13309671curviest
surliest82416911surliest
bulliest104314502bulliest
burbliest1365592burbliest
burriest102911212burriest
coaliest10316222coaliest
corkiest143114792corkiest
corniest102117302corniest
courtliest1244902courtliest
cuddliest1343332cuddliest
cullies94419962cullies_
cuppiest1448202cuppiest
curies84934022cur_ies_
curlier93314182curlie_r
curliness1138552curliness
curries93723162curries_
curtest9713962cur_test
cushiest133411042cushiest
earliest82415242earliest
furriest112910792furriest
furziest20267782furziest
girliest93010402girliest
hurlies103315332hurlies_
knurliest1344072knurliest
marliest102415182marliest
murkiest143210272murkiest
pursiest102812122pursiest
purtiest102414112purtiest
ruliest72816432ru_liest
scurfiest14236862scurfiest
scurviest14266122scurviest
surfiest112414432surfiest
turfiest112410132turfiest
ugliest8410152_ugliest

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059375.34322657.5
3Display Results37370.0301233.3
 (SQL Overall)178691375.76630990.5
 
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