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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 “surly” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

123 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
surly8512443(None) 
burly104922831burly
curly105321231curly
hurly115819291hurly
sourly93612211sourly
sully84622901sully
surely93816461surely
surfy115319471surfy
surgy95118521surgy
bully105124812bully
burbly134311152burbly
burl64937182burl_
burley114715752burley
burls74228852burls
burry105221562burry
bury95633592bur_y
cully105520462cully
curdy115916522curdy
curl66035052curl_
curls74927102curls
curry105920342curry
curtly1149282curtly
curvy136013372curvy
dourly103210432dourly
dully94921632dully
duly85323032du_ly
early85324122early
ferly115517352ferly
fully114820862fully
furl77030882furl_
furls85322052furls
furry116719282furry
fury107727972fur_y
furzy2010116062furzy
girly94415292girly
gully94020682gully
gurry94515412gurry
hourly12369622hourly
hurl76029932hurl_
hurley125012522hurley
hurls86522712hurls
hurry114917182hurry
jury146719592jur_y
knurly13405532knurly
marly106925612marly
muhly1358522muhly
murkly15368302murkly
murky145216682murky
murry105120232murry
nurl45327242nurl_
nurls55519682nurls
purely114013632purely
purl65631422purl_
purls74723352purls
purply13369052purply
pursy105016412pursy
purty105019402purty
ruly76323142ru_ly
sadly94519122sadly
sally85129712sally
sarky125521782sarky
saury84317222saur_y
scaly104718722scaly
scry96017762scr_y
scurfy14338762scurfy
scurry11419592scurry
scurvy14386102scurvy
seely84522632seely
serry84824122serry
shaly114322862shaly
shily115222012shily
shyly144811572shyly
silly84527622silly
slily85820032slily
slurry9378602slurry
sly66228562s__ly
slyly11489532slyly
smugly1274832smugly
snarly93815002snarly
snugly1055662snugly
sonly85718052sonly
sorely94618012sorely
sorry84618252sorry
spray106720062spray
spry96819122spr_y
spryly1435512spryly
spurry11429122spurry
stray88525572stray
stroy87720392stroy
studly10397692studly
sturdy1037042sturdy
suably112814532suably
subtly11249262subtly
sucky144415502sucky
sudsy95010682sudsy
suety85318492suety
sulk85326652su_lk
sulky124715362sulky
sulu45128422su_lu
sunny84917742sunny
sunray9310122sunray
supply1346892supply
sura45740292sur_a
surah86823252surah
sural55931262sural
suras55336332suras
surd56433812sur_d
surds65624662surds
sure45447412sur_e
surer54833102surer
surety93515012surety
surf76039312sur_f
surfs85022542surfs
surge65027692surge
surlily10310002surlily
surra55521342surra
surrey94414582surrey
survey124111672survey
swirly12439252swirly
truly84111552truly
turfy114315402turfy
ugly86012382_ugly
usury887622usur_y

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538001231.64032804.9
3Display Results1231230.0333727.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911231.96990752.2
 
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