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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 “curious” 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.

37 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
curious9381356(None) 
carious93320281carious
curios83218331curio_s
furious103110631furious
aurous64119262aur_ous
burnous938822burnous
caribous1258822caribous
cautious103110232cautious
cerous85821202cer_ous
cirrous93111062cirrous
copious11311962copious
cormous11312352cormous
cubitus11346782cubitus
cupreous1255602cupreous
cuprous1149742cuprous
curies84934022curi_es
curio74221212curio__
curiosa9346642curiosa
curiouser1153432curiouser
curiously1447672curiously
curites93919862curites
curium10312502curi_um
curiums1138502curiums
cursors93910022cursors
dubious1036892dubious
durions839962durions
euripus934622euripus
incurious1145692incurious
rubious938282rubious
scarious10610202scarious
serious73616282serious
spurious1036962spurious
turions7311572turions
uncurious1145032uncurious
urinous7310082_urinous
usurious845272usurious
various103113102various

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671375.17320814.0
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691375.59231954.8
 
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