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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 “curly” 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.

130 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
curly10532123(None) 
burly104922831burly
cully105520461cully
curdy115916521curdy
curl66035051curl_
curls74927101curls
curry105920341curry
curtly1149281curtly
curvy136013371curvy
hurly115819291hurly
surly85124431surly
bully105124812bully
burbly134311152burbly
burl64937182burl_
burley114715752burley
burls74228852burls
burry105221562burry
bury95633592bur_y
carl65144782carl_
carle74535702carle
carls77037422carls
carny105822922carny
carry105823782carry
churl105913882churl_
churls115411072churls
coaly105521592coaly
colly104926772colly
coly96940532c_oly
cooly105525422cooly
corby125018532corby
corky145221152corky
corny106023272corny
cory96941512cor_y
courtly1256922courtly
coyly135614892coyly
cry89726242c_r_y
cubby145212122cubby
cuddly13388412cuddly
cuddy125111972cuddy
cull65929642cu_ll
cullay113910172cullay
culls75425812culls
culm85822382cu_lm
cult66541152cu_lt
cuppy144710382cuppy
cur56841982cur__
curably142010772curably
curacy1339592curacy
curb86732222cur_b
curbs94821652curbs
curch124415412curch
curd77634982cur_d
curdle95514312curdle
curds85725612curds
cure66149122cur_e
cured85932132cured
curer75030752curer
cures75645432cures
curet75447642curet
curf97538782cur_f
curfs105122142curfs
curia74523782curia
curie74533042curie
curio74221212curio
curled95021652curled
curler85221322curler
curlew114010902curlew
curlily1238382curlily
curn66731892cur_n
curns74924282curns
curr65429652cur_r
currs75624392currs
curs65645542cur_s
curse75829142curse
curst74931022curst
curt67051712cur_t
curtsy1156642curtsy
curule83614122curule
curve104920022curve
curvey144111842curvey
cushy134412322cushy
cutely115312802cutely
cutey105819792cutey
cutty105417222cutty
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
scurfy14338762scurfy
scurry11419592scurry
scurvy14386102scurvy
sourly93612212sourly
sully84622902sully
surely93816462surely
surfy115319472surfy
surgy95118522surgy
truly84111552truly
turfy114315402turfy
ugly86012382_ugly

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 Filter178691538000.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit538001301.48336277.8
3Display Results1301300.0304333.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911301.84396956.6
 
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