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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 “spurrier” 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.

40 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
spurrier1029769(None) 
sparrier10329141sparrier
spurrer93710221spurr_er
spurriers11245061spurriers
spurries102311321spurries
blurrier1035162blurrier
burrier93613552_burrier
currier93316702_currier
furrier103513662_furrier
hurrier103412942_hurrier
parrier93717652_parrier
pursier94012752_pursier
purtier93214092_purtier
scarrier10298452scarrier
scurfier13267052scurfier
scurried11267052scurried
scurries102911482scurries
scurvier13255882scurvier
slurried9285942slurried
slurries82710412slurries
sorrier72313732s_orrier
sparkier14298032sparkier
spherier1337782spherier
spirier93214072sp_irier
splurgier1252342splurgier
sportier102010052sportier
sprier84119062sp__rier
sprucier1254792sprucier
spumier1137902spu_mier
spunkier14235822spunkier
spurner9269652spu_rner
spurred103610622spurr_ed
spurrers10338462spurr_ers
spurrey12307812spurr_ey
spurring11339762spurring
spurter94013002spu_rter
starrier8279462starrier
sturdier9216962sturdier
surfier102613542s_urfier
surlier72915442s_urlier

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059403.43635232.5
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691403.85846317.0
 
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