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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 “purveys” 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.

32 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
purveys1561590(None) 
purvey14559571purvey_
surveys13357571surveys
burleys12479672burleys
curves114619282curve_s
curvets12399912curvets
curvey144111842curvey_
garveys14124462garveys
gurneys11406462gurneys
hurleys13407332hurleys
jarveys20123412jarveys
murreys12367322murreys
parleys125212372parleys
peaveys15324062peaveys
preys105717782p_r_eys
pulleys12399142pulleys
punkeys16366492punkeys
purees84721682pur_ees
purgers104714002purgers
purges94421762purge_s
pursers93916092pursers
purses84826372purse_s
purveyed1743362purveyed
purveyor1641542purveyor
purveyors1741662purveyors
purviews1642532purviews
pusleys12286232pusleys
spurreys13364602spurreys
surreys10489442surreys
survey124111672survey_
turkeys1434522turkeys
turves94212692turve_s

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671323.25033129.5
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691323.62349321.3
 
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