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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 “purple” 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.

49 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
purple10271267(None) 
purfle112511181purfle
purpled12299771purpled
purpler11289261purpler
purples112712821purples
purply13369041purply
burble104617702burble
burgle94815862burgle
curdle95514312curdle
curule83614122curule
duple85315862du_ple
empurple1442182empurple
gurgle83912472gurgle
hirple11158972hirple
hurdle103712792hurdle
hurtle93512942hurtle
parle75836162par_le
parole84425252parole
people10310182people
perplex1836142perplex
pimple123512962pimple
popple92710982popple
prole74527792p_role
puddle103914152puddle
puerile9310092puerile
pule65040952pu__le
pungle94413572pungle
pupae96515642pu_pae
pure65543332pur__e
puree74632842pur_ee
purely114013622purely
purfled13248722purfled
purfler12248732purfler
purfles122511842purfles
purge85324602pur_ge
purine85321892purine
purl65631422pur_l_
purled94520742pur_led
purls74723352pur_ls
purplest12249122purplest
purpose1137382purpose
purpure1195992purpure
purse76028892pur_se
pursue84512252pursue
puzzle16318602puzzle
rumple103913012rumple
spurtle937452spurtle
supple10410202supple
turtle63213572turtle

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 Filter178691825510.1061685764.2
2DLD Change Limit82551492.50033020.4
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691492.62268150.6
 
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