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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 “surfing” 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.

90 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
surfing11291448(None) 
surfings12268071surfings
surging93115431surging
turfing113010051turfing
barfing134615092barfing
buffing163411392buffing
burking143716322burking
burling104421132burling
burning104215502burning
burping124012942burping
burring104016992burring
burying133413912burying
cuffing163210252cuffing
curbing123814022curbing
curding113515132curding
curing94824782cur_ing
curling104320182curling
curring103616842curring
cursing104217032cursing
curving133912102curving
during84419402dur_ing
durning93511732durning
furling114016562furling
furring114013142furring
gulfing12339472gulfing
gurging102910112gurging
huffing17278832huffing
hurling113616412hurling
hurting113914032hurting
jurying18337762jurying
kerfing15307532kerfing
luffing143310102luffing
luring73820752lur_ing
lurking123710852lurking
muffing163210402muffing
muring95120372mur_ing
nurling84215822nurling
nursing84012552nursing
puffing162910942puffing
purfling1467762purfling
purging113314182purging
purling103620292purling
purring104515822purring
pursing103715552pursing
ruffing143210842ruffing
scarfing14309712scarfing
scrying1338662scrying
scuffing17287112scuffing
selfing112911622selfing
serging93416672serging
sering74731812ser_ing
serving113014982serving
siring75128312sir_ing
sluffing15247302sluffing
slurping11278122slurping
slurring9288832slurring
snarfing12358662snarfing
snuffing15256802snuffing
sorbing102815262sorbing
soring74731882sor_ing
sorning83116812sorning
sorting83221812sorting
sourcing1158352sourcing
souring83219062sour_ing
spring94526012spr_ing
spurning11258662spurning
spurring11339762spurring
spurting113111632spurting
strafing122111192strafing
string75327562str_ing
stuffing15247842stuffing
subbing123915582subbing
subring104116262subring
sucking143217412sucking
sudsing92910322sudsing
sueding92613752sueding
sughing12359712sughing
suing65026362su__ing
suiting83419002suiting
sulking124514312sulking
summing122912382summing
sunning83715672sunning
supping123814532supping
surfacing1545642surfacing
surfier102613542surfier
sussing84013702sussing
turning83713182turning
urging83413122_urging
urping93914052_urping
usurping1134162usurping

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 Filter1786911076710.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit107671903.67029338.1
3Display Results90900.0303000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691904.12343340.0
 
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