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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 “blurry” 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.

31 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
blurry1143767(None) 
burry105221561b_urry
flurry12397111flurry
slurry9378601slurry
berry104521772b_erry
bleary115112552bleary
bluely113310082bluely
bluer74918492bluer_
bluesy11448982bluesy
bluey104817052blu_ey
blur66020532blu_r_
blurb95214902blu_rb
blurbs10489312blurbs
blurred10427802blurred
blurrily1343912blurrily
blurs74619082blu_rs
blurt77625622blu_rt
blurts84412642blurts
burly104922832b_urly
burr65631232b_urr_
burro75018492b_urro
burrs74925652b_urrs
bury95633592b_u_ry
curry105920342_curry
furry116719282_furry
gurry94515412_gurry
hurry114917182_hurry
lorry86315672_lorry
murry105120232_murry
scurry11419592scurry
spurry11429122spurry

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551312.42034112.0
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691312.79663909.5
 
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