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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 “churns” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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76 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
churns11491023(None) 
churls115411071churls
churn105113101churn_
churrs115111511churrs
curns74924281c_urns
bourns84114062bourns
burns74926782_burns
cairns85313302cairns
carns75937562c_arns
chains114819702chains
charas114223612charas
chards125119732chards
chares115631802chares
charks155219702charks
charms135218842charms
charrs115219192charrs
chars105936642char_s
charts115823092charts
cherts115617232cherts
chins105631462ch_ins
chirks155414842chirks
chirms135113982chirms
chiros114617772chiros
chirps135414002chirps
chirrs114514982chirrs
chirus114615692chirus
chords125214632chords
chores114828022chores
chorus115014772chorus
chubs125412622chu_bs
chucks174812932chucks
chufas14397672chufas
chuffs17427782chuffs
chugs115511942chu_gs
chumps154313822chumps
chums125015832chu_ms
chunk144812382chu_nk
chunks154210332chunks
church1636482church
churl105913882chur_l
churned13358372churned
churner12298342churner
churners13316892churners
churr104512852chur_r
churro11448352churro
churros12427582churros
chutes114615772chutes
corns76034762c_orns
cothurns1344522cothurns
courts84216172courts
curbs94821652c_urbs
curds85725612c_urds
cures75645432c_ures
curfs105122142c_urfs
curls74927102c_urls
curn66731892c_urn_
currs75624392c_urrs
curs65645542c_ur_s
dhurna1043562dhurna
dhurnas1153442dhurnas
durns64819872_durns
herns84825582_herns
horns86125332_horns
huns76136932_hu_ns
hurds95219072_hurds
hurls86522712_hurls
hurts86922822_hurts
inurns63310982inurns
mourns84111012mourns
sharns95516982sharns
shuns85018142shu_ns
spurns84811382spurns
thorns95314102thorns
thurls9418712thurls
turns55623242_turns
urns46323902__urns

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551762.14038575.2
3Display Results76760.0164750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691762.49971505.0
 
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