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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 “purply” 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.

37 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
purply1336905(None) 
purely114013631purely
purple102712681purple
burbly134311152burbly
burly104922832bur_ly
curly105321232cur_ly
curtly1149282curtly
hurly115819292hur_ly
murkly15368302murkly
murphy1654342murphy
partly116315472partly
pertly115312552pertly
pimply15329212pimply
plumply1634222plumply
portly114713402portly
puddly13438132puddly
pulpily1436102pulpily
pulpy124612362pulp_y
punily11311772punily
puppy114912412pu_ppy
purfle112511182purfle
purify14399152purify
purity114114912purity
purl65631422pur_l_
purls74723352pur_ls
purpled12299782purpled
purpler11289272purpler
purples112712832purples
pursily1238212pursily
pursy105016412pur_sy
purty105019402pur_ty
purvey14559572purvey
pussly11407372pussly
rumply13348572rumply
supply1346892supply
surely93816462surely
surly85124432sur_ly

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551372.17337989.4
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691372.54670185.0
 
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