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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 “purely” 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.

61 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
purely11401363(None) 
purply13369051purply
surely93816461surely
barely114716792barely
burbly134311152burbly
burley114715752burley
burly104922832bur_ly
curly105321232cur_ly
curtly1149282curtly
cutely115312802cutely
direly10311562direly
hugely1336802hugely
hurley125012522hurley
hurly115819292hur_ly
impurely1544032impurely
jurel124516332jurel_
jurels133710582jurels
merely111312592merely
murkly15368302murkly
mutely113811652mutely
nudely10299032nudely
palely11311932palely
parley116718362parley
partly116315472partly
pertly115312552pertly
portly114713402portly
prexy174611582p_rexy
prey96228482p_re_y
puddly13438132puddly
pulley113713402pulley
pumelo10257112pumelo
punily11311772punily
pure65543332pure__
puree74632842pure_e
pureed95017812pureed
purees84721682purees
purer75127902pure_r
purest84021932purest
purfle112511182purfle
purify14399152purify
purity114114912purity
purl65631422pur_l_
purled94520752purled
purls74723352pur_ls
purple102712682purple
pursily1238212pursily
pursy105016412pur_sy
purty105019402pur_ty
purvey14559572purvey
pusley11379612pusley
pussly11407372pussly
putrefy1543312putrefy
rarely93513652rarely
rely75428952__rely
rudely10389972rudely
sorely94618012sorely
sparely123410672sparely
surety93515012surety
surly85124432sur_ly
unpurely1344482unpurely
yarely122810302yarely

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 Limit82551612.18637763.5
3Display Results61610.0163812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691612.54570212.6
 
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