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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 “secure” 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.

46 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
secure851353(None) 
secured1059721secured
securer958251securer
secures9613161secures
becurse1136182becurse
cure66149122__cure
decare93919152decare
decurve1335582decurve
decury1277962decury
demure9311532demure
enure53520222_enure
insecure1044652insecure
lecture9149512lecture
precure11312552precure
recur74116842recur_
recurs83315802recurs
recurve1237402recurve
recuse85519162recuse
resecure1047182resecure
scare75334462s_care
score75526742s_core
scurf104719322s_curf
scute75520942s_cute
secede93311992secede
secern81010222secern
seclude1035232seclude
secret8325062sec_ret
secund937102secund
securely1345072securely
securers1057152securers
securest1058582securest
seduce9610022seduce
segue6314412segu_e
seisure738192seisure
seizure1634682seizure
sempre102710092sempre
sere46153472se__re
severe94016082severe
sinecure1044322sinecure
spectre11297772spectre
stoure64814942stoure
sucre75019102suc_re
sure45447412s__ure
suture6313202suture
tenure6311612tenure
velure939772velure

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551462.45333653.1
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691462.79663909.5
 
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