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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 “spurred” 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.

62 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
spurred10361062(None) 
purred94218071_purred
slurred8359191slurred
sparred104512861sparred
spurned10339261spurned
spurrer93710221spurrer
spurrey12307811spurrey
spurted103111971spurted
blurred10427802blurred
burred95820722_burred
churred13409172churred
curred94319262_curred
furred104514432_furred
parred95024072_parred
pureed95017812_pureed
purged104918262_purged
purled94520752_purled
pursed95220882_pursed
scarred104512632scarred
scurried11267052scurried
shirred113710502shirred
skirred12347082skirred
slurped10368752slurped
slurried9285942slurried
sourced1038452sourced
soured74921862sou_red
spared95427492sp_ared
sparged113512762sparged
sparked143513142sparked
speared104314422speared
speered103614812speered
speired103811102speired
sphered133512312sphered
spiered104412462spiered
spired94921862sp_ired
spirted103913072spirted
splurged1243922splurged
spoored104411292spoored
spored94821792sp_ored
sported104015432sported
spruced12307532spruced
spudded12235902spudded
spued84918472spu__ed
spumed114711542spu_med
spunked14307782spunked
spurge93711322spurge_
spurges104111652spurges
spurner9269652spurner
spurrers10338462spurrers
spurreys13364602spurreys
spurrier10297692spurrier
spurries102311322spurries
spurry11429122spurr_y
spurter94013002spurter
squared173610562squared
squired173710062squired
starred85013452starred
stirred8359702stirred
supered10316122supered
surfed103814462s_urfed
surged84118882s_urged
surrey94414582s_urrey

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 Limit107671623.51630623.2
3Display Results62620.0163875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691623.90545759.5
 
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