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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 “gurging” 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.

97 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
gurging10291011(None) 
gorging102611361gorging
gurgling11267321gurgling
purging113314181purging
surging93115431surging
urging83413121_urging
barging114018482barging
budging124313022budging
bugging123515182bugging
bulging113514212bulging
bunging113616502bunging
burgling12239302burgling
burking143716322burking
burling104421132burling
burning104215502burning
burping124012942burping
burring104016992burring
burying133413912burying
curbing123814022curbing
curding113515132curding
curing94824782cur_ing
curling104320182curling
curring103616842curring
cursing104217032cursing
curving133912102curving
dunging103012622dunging
during84419402dur_ing
durning93511732durning
forging124114722forging
fudging133310012fudging
fugging133912912fugging
furling114016562furling
furring114013142furring
gagging93013532gagging
gaging94718402g_aging
ganging103216192ganging
garaging1139042garaging
garbing113613272garbing
gargling11239202gargling
garring93116712garring
gauging10339962gauging
gigging93311772gigging
girding103611882girding
girning93210692girning
girting93113332girting
glugging10316352glugging
gonging103713032gonging
goring84119572gor_ing
gorming112810832gorming
gouging103410702gouging
grudging12255992grudging
guarding1136522guarding
guggling10236352guggling
guiding102911842guiding
guiling93214212guiling
guising93511412guising
gulfing12339472gulfing
gulling94019562gulling
gulping11309752gulping
gumming133810192gumming
gunning93413172gunning
gushing124014222gushing
gusting93917162gusting
gutting93415922gutting
guying11379722gu_ying
gyring113910362gyr_ing
hugging132710632hugging
hurling113616412hurling
hurting113914032hurting
judging17337932judging
jugging172910722jugging
jurying18337762jurying
lugging104114352lugging
luging83915292lu_ging
lunging93714212lunging
luring73820752lur_ing
lurking123710852lurking
merging112711762merging
mugging122711792mugging
muring95120372mur_ing
nudging10328692nudging
nurling84215822nurling
nursing84012552nursing
parging113318602parging
pugging122912542pugging
purgings12347292purgings
purling103620292purling
purring104515822purring
pursing103715552pursing
rugging102512762rugging
serging93416672serging
surfing112914482surfing
tugging102611232tugging
turfing113010052turfing
turning83713182turning
urping93914052_urping
verging123812302verging

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671973.28032826.5
3Display Results97970.0332939.4
 (SQL Overall)178691973.68648478.3
 
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