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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 “repurchasing” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

31 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
repurchasing205196(None) 
prepurchasing2361471prepurchasing
purchasing1893532__purchasing
rephrasing1645643rephr__asing
repurchase17142883repurchas__e
repurchased19142363repurchas_ed
repurchases18142923repurchas_es
repurposing1652413repur_posing
depurating1438644depur__ating
enchasing1567734_e__nchasing
prepunching2142564prepunch__ing
prepurchase20172274prepurchas__e
prepurchased22171864prepurchas_ed
prepurchases21152234prepurchas_es
reluctating1445764relu_ctating
repackaging2142144rep_ackaging
repatching1844994repatch__ing
replicating1649094replic_ating
repressing13310394rep_r_essing
reprising12312554rep_r__ising
reprobating1647104rep_robating
reprocessing1754694reprocessing
repudiating1546204repu_diating
repulsing1237614repu___lsing
repurifying2043934repur_ifying
repursuing1343014repur__suing
resurfacing1742514resur_facing
sepulchering2051784sepulchering
sepulchring1951774sepulch_ring
surceasing1345074__surceasing
uppercasing1852764upperc_asing

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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790316.59318927.7
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.01525472.7
 
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