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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 “spurge” 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.

61 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
spurge9371132(None) 
purge85324601_purge
sparge94216051sparge
splurge1044761splurge
spurges104111651spurges
surge65027691s_urge
gurge75419782_gurge
parge85831852_parge
pure65543332_pur_e
puree74632842_puree
purged104918262_purged
purger94717232_purger
purges94421762_purges
purse76028892_purse
sarge65531132s_arge
scourge1035652scourge
serge64727472s_erge
sludge84811942sludge
smudge10387912smudge
source8410672source
spare75135562spar_e
sparged113512762sparged
sparger103613082sparger
sparges104016342sparges
sparse84516342sparse
spire75828692spir_e
splurged1243922splurged
splurger1143812splurger
splurges1145162splurges
splurgy1343022splurgy
sponge939662sponge
spore75428592spor_e
spree74830862sp_ree
spruce103910872spruce
sprue74717632sp_rue
sprug85313892sprug_
sprugs94010172sprugs
spue66025522spu__e
spume95817312spu_me
spur65321192spur__
spurn74815452spur_n
spurned10339262spurned
spurner9269652spurner
spurns84811382spurns
spurred103610622spurred
spurrer93710222spurrer
spurrey12307812spurrey
spurry11429122spurry
spurs74621522spur_s
spurt77227982spur_t
spurted103111972spurted
spurter94013002spurter
spurtle937452spurtle
spurts84814972spurts
sure45447412s_ur_e
surged84118882s_urged
surger74320092s_urger
surges73924592s_urges
surgy95118522s_urgy
upsurge10134332upsurge
urge54722422__urge

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 Limit82551612.56332208.7
3Display Results61610.0302033.3
 (SQL Overall)178691612.93660862.1
 
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