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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 “turtles” 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.

45 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
turtles7291434(None) 
hurtles103913751hurtles
turtle63213571turtle_
turtled8309681turtled
turtler72610321turtler
turtlers8258201turtlers
burbles114916802burbles
burgles105615962burgles
bustles93816322bustles
butles84423912bu_tles
curdles103814572curdles
cuttles93613922cuttles
dartles84014132dartles
gurgles94312872gurgles
guttles83011932guttles
hurdles113613372hurdles
hurtle93512942hurtle_
hurtled11339592hurtled
hurtless11307782hurtless
hustles103414172hustles
justles143311432justles
kirtles11309662kirtles
myrtles1235732myrtles
purfles122511842purfles
purples112712832purples
rustles73416412rustles
spurtles1037782spurtles
startles82111962startles
tartlet72218482tartlet
tartlets8289662tartlets
tattles73616282tattles
titles63719922t_itles
tittles73413252tittles
tootles72915602tootles
tortes64826052tort_es
tubules9310232tubules
tuilles72411922tuilles
tules54532792tu__les
tulles63218892tu_lles
tumbles113816022tumbles
turfless1135532turfless
turves94212692tur_ves
tussles737832tussles
tutees6514552tu_tees
tutties73216472tutties

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.363492261.7
2DLD Change Limit107671453.01635699.9
3Display Results45450.0133461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691453.39252680.1
 
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