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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpurchaser” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

22 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
purchaser164337(None) 
purchase1545291purchase_
purchased1743591purchased
purchasers1742551purchasers
purchases1645631purchases
subchaser1644312subchaser
chaser114918383___chaser
enchaser1346693_enchaser
lurcher12338133lurch__er
percher143313423perch__er
puncher143311673punch__er
punchier1536413punch_ier
purchasing1893533purchasing
purser85020473pur___ser
repurchase17142883repurchase_
repurchased19142363repurchased
repurchases18142923repurchases
subchasers1743283subchasers
surcease1086883surcease_
surceased1264843surceased
surceases1157473surceases
unchaster1445393_unchaster

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641227.22020587.4
3Display Results22220.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691227.64323379.7