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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 “hurdles” 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.

55 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
hurdles11361337(None) 
curdles103814571curdles
huddles123712571huddles
hurdies114015661hurdies
hurdle103712791hurdle_
hurdled12379831hurdled
hurdler113610001hurdler
hurdlers12337491hurdlers
hurtles103913751hurtles
buddles113913072buddles
bundles103515772bundles
burbles114916802burbles
burdies104117562burdies
burgles105615962burgles
cuddles114014092cuddles
curdle95514312curdle_
curdled113910662curdled
curdler103511562curdler
curdlers11368492curdlers
fuddles123611932fuddles
girdles92210002girdles
gurgles94312872gurgles
handles114020652handles
hardies114923232hardies
heddles123311622heddles
hirples12149642hirples
hirsles101510072hirsles
hondles113614522hondles
hordes104921632hord_es
huckles163612622huckles
huddle113712992huddle_
huddled13349782huddled
huddler12379422huddler
huddlers13337632huddlers
humbles143215802humbles
hurds95219072hurd__s
hurled104617452hur_led
hurler94717222hur_ler
hurlers103714322hur_lers
hurley125012522hur_ley
hurleys13407332hur_leys
hurlies103315332hurlies
hurls86522712hur_l_s
hurries103919652hurries
hurtle93512942hurtle_
hurtled11339592hurtled
hurtless11307782hurtless
hustles103414172hustles
muddles112914352muddles
puddles113613822puddles
purfles122511842purfles
purples112712832purples
ruddles92813872ruddles
rundles83214712rundles
turtles72914342turtles

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671553.25033129.5
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691553.62649280.5
 
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