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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 “sourly” 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.

49 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
sourly9361221(None) 
dourly103210431dourly
hourly12369621hourly
surly85124431s_urly
burly104922832_burly
courtly1256922courtly
curly105321232_curly
doubly12328962doubly
foully1239012foully
hurly115819292_hurly
knurly13405532knurly
loudly1037782loudly
loury85716752lour_y
poorly1137892poorly
saury84317222saur_y
scurfy14338762scurfy
scurry11419592scurry
scurvy14386102scurvy
slurry9378602slurry
smugly1274832smugly
snarly93815002snarly
snugly1055662snugly
soberly1236942soberly
softly12457762softly
solely93714212solely
solubly1255282solubly
sonly85718052so_nly
sorely94618012sorely
sorrily1039832sorrily
sorry84618252so_rry
soul46435712sou_l_
souls55127362sou_ls
soundly1136682soundly
soupy106115402sou_py
sour45935892sour__
source8410672source
soured74921862soured
sourer63620212sourer
sours55230502sour_s
spurry11429122spurry
stoury9529942stour_y
stoutly1035832stoutly
studly10397692studly
sturdy1037042sturdy
sully84622902s_ully
surely93816462s_urely
surfy115319472s_urfy
surgy95118522s_urgy
swirly12439252swirly

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 Limit82551492.47033421.5
3Display Results49490.0133769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691492.82663231.1
 
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