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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 “purls” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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213 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
purls7472335(None) 
burls74228851burls
curls74927101curls
furls85322051furls
hurls86522711hurls
nurls55519681nurls
pulls74425051pulls
puls65437561pu_ls
puris75332021puris
purl65631421purl_
purrs75320431purrs
purs65641041pur_s
auras55932562auras
aures55137092aures
auris55331532auris
birls74023162birls
buhls105111802buhls
bulls75629572bulls
buras74736302buras
burbs95423492burbs
burds84626062burds
burgs84924092burgs
burl64937182burl_
burly104922832burly
burns74926782burns
burps94220172burps
burrs74925652burrs
burs65847422bur_s
byrls105711232byrls
carls77037422carls
churls115411072churls
culls75425812culls
curbs94821652curbs
curds85725612curds
cures75645432cures
curfs105122142curfs
curl66035052curl_
curly105321232curly
curns74924282curns
currs75624392currs
curs65645542cur_s
dirls64720502dirls
duals65620082duals
duels65619232duels
dulls64523742dulls
duras65727732duras
dures65635922dures
durns64819872durns
duros65422692duros
durrs65519992durrs
earls56127512earls
euros54920242euros
farls85731112farls
fuels87117352fuels
fulls84623522fulls
furl77030882furl_
furs76735042fur_s
girls64518392girls
gulls65222982gulls
guls55930852gu_ls
gurus64318192gurus
harls85634502harls
herls85226432herls
hulls84923562hulls
hurds95219072hurds
hurl76029932hurl_
hurly115819292hurly
hurts86922822hurts
jarls126120962jarls
jurels133710582jurels
knurls10396242knurls
kurus98015632kurus
lulls54119652lulls
lures56138532lures
lurks95218742lurks
marls75535162marls
merls77423902merls
mulls75124152mulls
murals84016762murals
muras75329582muras
mures75937222mures
murks114821732murks
murrs75521302murrs
nulls55019982nulls
nurds65518522nurds
nurl45327242nurl_
ours47237562our_s
pails75833062pails
palls74332562palls
pals66951352p_als
paras76143042paras
pards85634332pards
pares77164482pares
paris75145942paris
parks116134462parks
parle75836162parle
parles86334402parles
parols84722612parols
parrs75928672parrs
pars67560792par_s
parts77743372parts
pawls105617662pawls
peals75235492peals
pearls84715392pearls
peels75226422peels
peres76246642peres
perils84121852perils
peris75537072peris
perks115325802perks
perms95524512perms
perps95521482perps
pervs105117372pervs
pills74130972pills
pirns76020092pirns
plurals936912plurals
polls74627722polls
pols66044562p_ols
pools74427702pools
pores75849032pores
porks115124142porks
porns75527342porns
ports75934592ports
pours74623182pour_s
pros65742782p_ros
pubes94423402pubes
pubis94616472pubis
pubs85029212pu_bs
puces94924632puces
pucks134322102pucks
puds75630512pu_ds
puffs134114932puffs
pugs76332772pu_gs
pujas145513322pujas
pukes114523022pukes
pul56138062pu_l_
pula65129372pu_la
pule65040952pu_le
pules74538812pules
puli65527622pu_li
pulis74225602pulis
pull64731662pu_ll
pulp84825352pu_lp
pulps95116482pulps
pulse74219972pu_lse
pumas95121562pumas
pumps115520602pumps
punas74826752punas
pungs85422222pungs
punks114822682punks
puns66641482pu_ns
punts75828002punts
pupas95219282pupas
pupils10389912pupils
pups86032232pu_ps
pupus94614042pupus
pur56840552pur__
purda82914692purda
purdas92612262purdas
pure65543332pur_e
puree74632842puree
purees84721682purees
purely114013632purely
purer75127902purer
purest84021932purest
purfle112511182purfle
purfles122511842purfles
purge85324602purge
purges94421762purges
puri65931442pur_i
purin75527592purin
purins83722652purins
purism104715062purism
purist85525052purist
purled94520752purled
purlin83615862purlin
purlins93415422purlins
purple102712682purple
purples112712832purples
purply13369052purply
purr64925812pur_r
purse76028892purse
purses84826372purses
pursy105016412pursy
purty105019402purty
pus55547842pu__s
puses75532202puses
puss64830132pu_ss
puts65641752pu_ts
putts75719272putts
pyres105523882pyres
pyros105718292pyros
spurns84811382spurns
spurs74621522spur_s
spurts84814972spurts
suras55336332suras
surds65624662surds
surfs85022542surfs
surly85124432surly
thurls9418712thurls
tirls54519802tirls
turds65021692turds
turfs84620442turfs
turks95320822turks
turns55623242turns
turps74918732turps
upcurls1143652upcurls
urbs65922062_urbs
urds55922432_urds
urns46323902_urns
urps66920482_urps
urus46426142_urus
virls85618602virls
yurts87216532yurts

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 Filter178691538000.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit538002131.65632487.9
3Display Results2132130.0633381.0
 (SQL Overall)1786912132.04587379.5
 
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