Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “recurve” 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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23 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
recurve	12	3	740	(None)
decurve	13	3	558	1	decurve
recurved	14	3	649	1	recurved
recurves	13	3	740	1	recurves
becurse	11	3	618	2	becurse
curve	10	49	2002	2	__curve
decurved	15	3	484	2	decurved
decurves	14	3	586	2	decurves
incurve	12	3	663	2	incurve
precure	11	3	1255	2	precur_e
receive	12	3	973	2	receive
recourse	10	3	838	2	recourse
recur	7	41	1684	2	recur__
recurred	11	3	709	2	recurred
recurs	8	33	1580	2	recur_s
recursive	14	4	545	2	recursive
recurvate	14	4	585	2	recurvate
recuse	8	55	1916	2	recu_se
reserve	10	10	1120	2	reserve
resurge	8	3	907	2	resurge
resurvey	14	4	482	2	resurvey
secure	8	5	1353	2	secur_e
upcurve	14	6	327	2	upcurve

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	3.563	30219.2
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.952	45215.3