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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 “purfling” 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.

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
purfling146776(None) 
purflings1554091purflings
purling103620291pur_ling
purpling1368541purpling
burbling13249422burbling
burgling12239302burgling
burling104421132bur_ling
curdling12228892curdling
curling104320182cur_ling
furling114016562fur_ling
gurgling11267322gurgling
hurdling13288012hurdling
hurling113616412hur_ling
hurtling12318312hurtling
muffling1765502muffling
nurling84215822nur_ling
nursling997602nursling
parling103823762par_ling
paroling113316212paroling
periling11316862periling
piffling1745132piffling
puddling13218032puddling
puffing162910942pu_ffing
puling93621402pu__ling
pulling103821072pu_lling
pungling12228662pungling
purblind1345162purblind
pureeing1137272pureeing
purging113314182pur_ging
purifying1835852purifying
purlin83615862pur_lin_
purline93516532pur_line
purlings113910282pur_lings
purlins93415422pur_lins
purring104515822pur_ring
pursing103715552pur_sing
pursuing1146232pursuing
puzzling19225392puzzling
ruffling1546092ruffling
surfing112914482surf_ing
turfing113010052turf_ing
turtling9238832turtling
upfling1337092_upfling

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059433.62633386.4
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691434.02944351.2
 
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