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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 “putrefies” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

43 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
putrefies144466(None) 
putrefied1543671putrefied
putrefier1443121putrefier
putrefiers1542511putrefiers
petrifies14310362petrifies
purifies13311922pu_rifies
butleries11710073butleries
butteries11711763butteries
curtesies1147523curtesies
cutleries1179213cutleries
introfies1247233introfies
metrifies1439803metrifies
nitrifies12107923nitrifies
petrified1548333petrified
petrifier1447123petrifier
petrifiers1544673petrifiers
phoresies1447993phoresies
potteries11313593potteries
prefiles133113443p__refiles
prefires134313283p__refires
prefixes20389233p__refixes
premies113823063p__remies
prexies163415003p__rexies
puberties1346603puberties
pufferies1745203pufferies
pugrees10218523pugre__es
purees84721683pu_re__es
purfles122511843pu_r_fles
purified1438743pu_rified
purifier1338573pu_rifier
purifiers1435873pu_rifiers
purities10316283pu_rities
putrefy1543313putref__y
putrefying1942953putrefying
putrescines1552583putrescines
puttees93612913putte__es
putties94420023put__ties
rarefies1138993_rarefies
stupefies1443833stupefies
sureties8316583su_reties
torrefies12114753torrefies
tumefies1345773tu_mefies
vitrifies1547223vitrifies

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641436.90621523.5
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691437.35824285.3
 
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