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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 “burliest” 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.

42 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
burliest10311306(None) 
bulliest104314501bulliest
burbliest1365591burbliest
burriest102911211burriest
curliest102713121curliest
surliest82416911surliest
barkiest144115152barkiest
barmiest125212782barmiest
barniest104815052barniest
blurriest1155152blurriest
bubbliest1254422bubbliest
buffiest1657562buffiest
buggiest123410362buggiest
bulgiest112910942bulgiest
bulkiest143511262bulkiest
bullies94121892bullies_
bumpiest1437872bumpiest
burdies104117562burdies_
buries84633272bur_ies_
burlesk1335462burl_esk
burlier93514412burlie_r
burliness1137832burliness
burnies94017822burnies_
bushiest133512522bushiest
busiest93716302bu_siest
bustiest102815052bustiest
curdiest112511392curdiest
curviest13309672curviest
earliest82415242earliest
furriest112910792furriest
furziest20267782furziest
girliest93010402girliest
hurlies103315332hurlies_
knurliest1344072knurliest
marliest102415182marliest
murkiest143210262murkiest
pursiest102812122pursiest
purtiest102414112purtiest
ruliest72816432ru_liest
surfiest112414432surfiest
turfiest112410132turfiest
ugliest8410152_ugliest

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 Filter1786911210590.593301333.9
2DLD Change Limit121059423.90630993.1
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691424.51239603.5
 
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