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 “spurring” 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.

54 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
spurring1133976(None) 
purring104515821_purring
slurring9288831slurring
sparring113112221sparring
spurning11258661spurning
spurting113111631spurting
blurring11277232blurring
burring104016992_burring
churring14298652churring
curring103616842_curring
furring114013142_furring
parring103222062_parring
purging113314182_purging
purling103620292_purling
pursing103715552_pursing
scarring112511512scarring
scurrying15183832scurrying
shirring122910442shirring
skirring13297142skirring
slurping11278122slurping
slurrying13203192slurrying
sourcing1158352sourcing
souring83219062sou_ring
sparging122611132sparging
sparing104823872sp_aring
sparking152812542sparking
sparling112714532sparling
spearing113216102spearing
speering113116322speering
speiring113711262speiring
sphering142811942sphering
spiering112713352spiering
spiring103918182sp_iring
spirting112913632spirting
splurging1333622splurging
spooring113111462spooring
sporing104319412sp_oring
sporting112415462sporting
spring94526012sp__ring
sprucing1336892sprucing
spudding1335652spudding
spuing94313362spu__ing
spuming1248522spu_ming
spunking15258062spunking
spurrier10297692spurrier
spurries102311322spurries
squaring18158632squaring
squiring18177562squiring
starring92312952starring
stirring9299652stirring
subring104116262s_ubring
supering11317682supering
surfing112914482s_urfing
surging93115432s_urging

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059543.56333976.7
3Display Results54540.0163375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691543.98544840.9
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2026  |  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.