Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “scurries” 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.

36 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
scurries10291148(None) 
curries93723161_curries
scurried11267051scurried
scurvies13248121scurvies
slurries82710411slurries
spurries102311321spurries
carries94328012_carries
corries94026802_corries
curies84934022_cu_ries
currie84317262_currie_
curried103313652_curried
currier93316702_currier
curriers103410752_curriers
dhurries1255582dhurries
durries83817352_durries
flurries11188912flurries
gurries83515952_gurries
hurries103919652_hurries
murries94118672_murries
sauries72821622sau_ries
scarrier10298452scarrier
scarriest11188402scarriest
scries85226822sc__ries
scurfier13267052scurfier
scurfiest14236862scurfiest
scurril945112scurri_l
scurrile1055072scurrile
scurvier13255882scurvier
scurviest14266122scurviest
serries73925352s_erries
sherries111812892sherries
skerries12168672skerries
slurried9285942slurried
spurrier10297692spurrier
spurriers11245062spurriers
sturdies92110272sturdies

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059363.48634727.2
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691363.88945947.8
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.