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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 “thurls” 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.

55 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
thurls941871(None) 
churls115411071churls
hurls86522711_hurls
thirls95012061thirls
thurl84912681thurl_
burls74228852_burls
churl105913882churl_
churns114910232churns
churrs115111512churrs
curls74927102_curls
furls85322052_furls
harls85634502_harls
herls85226432_herls
hulls84923562_hulls
hurds95219072_hurds
hurl76029932_hurl_
hurly115819292_hurly
hurts86922822_hurts
knurls10396242knurls
nurls55519682_nurls
purls74723352_purls
shorls94516202shorls
shuls85319712shu_ls
tharms115712242tharms
theres96525472theres
therms115914872therms
thills95515382thills
thiols95112762thiols
thirds10438602thirds
thirl85416822thirl_
thorns95314102thorns
thorps113610892thorps
thrums11429122thrums
thuds95110132thu_ds
thugs95611992thu_gs
thujas1634432thujas
thumbs13377442thumbs
thumps13449352thumps
thunks13459032thunks
thus76721472thu__s
thusly1235132thusly
thuyas1234772thuyas
tirls54519802t_irls
tours55325892tour_s
trulls64110282trulls
tsuris62710202tsuris
turds65021692t_urds
turfs84620442t_urfs
turks95320822t_urks
turns55623242t_urns
turps74918732t_urps
twirls9478122twirls
tzuris15286912tzuris
whirls124710532whirls
whorls124410162whorls

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 Limit82551552.50033020.4
3Display Results55550.0331666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691552.87662131.8
 
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