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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 “burly” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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150 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
burly10492283(None) 
bully105124811bully
burbly134311151burbly
burl64937181burl_
burley114715751burley
burls74228851burls
burry105221561burry
bury95633591bur_y
curly105321231curly
hurly115819291hurly
surly85124431surly
badly114918762badly
bally105530102bally
barely114716792barely
barfly14339652barfly
barky145721612barky
barley115116762barley
barmy125218772barmy
barny105821732barny
belly104625492belly
berry104521772berry
beryl101211672beryl
bialy105119322bialy
bigly114814752bigly
billy105525362billy
birl65830482birl_
birle75023632birle
birls74023162birls
bluely113310082bluely
blurry11437672blurry
borty105522832borty
bray95232902b_ray
bubbly124110352bubbly
bubby115013932bubby
buddy124812632buddy
buffy165013372buffy
buggy124613482buggy
bugle84721942bugle
buhl95518222buhl_
buhls105111802buhls
build84413352build
built74325922built
buirdly1334212buirdly
bulb85626692bu_lb
bulgy115214102bulgy
bulk105426152bu_lk
bulky146215572bulky
bull65634872bu_ll
bulla74620562bulla
bulls75629572bulls
bumpy144715052bumpy
bunny104715802bunny
buoy95921782bu_oy
buppy144810072buppy
bur55744692bur__
bura66139532bur_a
buran75225302buran
buras74736302buras
burb85334672bur_b
burble104617702burble
burbs95423492burbs
burd75534262bur_d
burds84626062burds
buret77444012buret
burg74930362bur_g
burgh115216032burgh
burgle94815862burgle
burgs84924092burgs
burin75626062burin
burka114617692burka
burke115122762burke
burlap1098352burlap
burled94825382burled
burler84723832burler
burleys12479672burleys
burlily1237712burlily
burn65636432bur_n
burns74926782burns
burnt75230332burnt
burp85028882bur_p
burps94220172burps
burqa165013092burqa
burr65631232bur_r
burro75018492burro
burrs74925652burrs
burs65847422bur_s
bursa74921522bursa
burse75527252burse
burst75332242burst
busby126113292busby
bushy135416682bushy
busily112211502busily
busty105621012busty
busy94727172bu_sy
butle75023102butle
butty104020112butty
butyl1089102butyl
buy86436542bu__y
byrl95716012byrl_
byrls105711232byrls
cully105520462cully
curdy115916522curdy
curl66035052curl_
curls74927102curls
curry105920342curry
curtly1149282curtly
curvy136013372curvy
dourly103210432dourly
dully94921632dully
duly85323032du_ly
early85324122early
ferly115517352ferly
fully114820862fully
furl77030882furl_
furls85322052furls
furry116719282furry
fury107727972fur_y
furzy2010116062furzy
girly94415292girly
gully94020682gully
gurry94515412gurry
hourly12369622hourly
hurl76029932hurl_
hurley125012522hurley
hurls86522712hurls
hurry114917182hurry
jury146719592jur_y
knurly13405532knurly
marly106925612marly
muhly1358522muhly
murkly15368302murkly
murky145216682murky
murry105120232murry
nurl45327242nurl_
nurls55519682nurls
purely114013632purely
purl65631422purl_
purls74723352purls
purply13369052purply
pursy105016412pursy
purty105019402purty
ruly76323142ru_ly
sourly93612212sourly
sully84622902sully
surely93816462surely
surfy115319472surfy
surgy95118522surgy
truly84111552truly
turfy114315402turfy
ugly86012382_ugly

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001501.65632487.9
3Display Results1501500.0463260.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911502.01588680.4
 
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