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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 “knurliest” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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68 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
knurliest134407(None) 
burliest103113062_burliest
curliest102713122_curliest
gnarliest10186552gnarliest
knubbiest1752622knubbiest
knuckliest1542552knuckliest
knurlier1242882knurlie_r
snarliest91810202snarliest
surliest82416912_surliest
unruliest945872unruliest
angriest9310253angr_iest
auntliest936323auntliest
blurriest1155153blurriest
bulliest104314503_bulliest
burbliest1365593_burbliest
burriest102911213_burriest
courtliest1244903courtliest
curdiest112511393_curdiest
curviest13309673_curviest
drumliest1235433drumliest
earliest82415243_earliest
furriest112910793_furriest
furziest20267783_furziest
girliest93010403_girliest
hourlies1138343hourlies_
hurlies103315333_hurlies_
jungliest1744923jungliest
kauries113613193kaur_ies_
kindliest1436113kindliest
kingliest1436523kingliest
kludgiest1543153kludgiest
klutziest2242803klutziest
knobbiest1752883knobbiest
knobbliest1852163knobbliest
knottiest13174563knottiest
knurled1244653knurl_e_d
knurling1344943knurli_ng
knurls10396243knurl__s_
loudliest1035773loudliest
marliest102415183_marliest
murkiest143210263_murkiest
nearliest949363nearliest
nerdiest92511163_nerdiest
nerviest11188833_nerviest
nubbiest12117313_nubbiest
nubbliest1354363_nubbliest
nutsiest82710243_nutsiest
nuttiest82312143_nuttiest
oneriest8313443oner_iest
pearliest1139353pearliest
pursiest102812123_pursiest
purtiest102414113_purtiest
ruliest72816433_ru_liest
scurfiest14236863scurfiest
scurviest14266123scurviest
snarkiest13207633snarkiest
snubbiest1345073snubbiest
snuffiest15246053snuffiest
snuffliest1643503snuffliest
studliest1036573studliest
sturdiest10207393sturdiest
surfiest112414433_surfiest
swirliest1236293swirliest
turfiest112410133_turfiest
twirliest1234503twirliest
ugliest8410153__ugliest
unholiest1246303unholiest
whirliest15216043whirliest

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641687.37620152.0
3Display Results68680.0302266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691687.81222873.9
 
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