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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 “purify” 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.

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
purify1439915(None) 
purity114114911purity
aerify122810112aerify
copurify1843052copurify
pacify1667472pacify
parity114719872parity
petrify1536572petrify
pricy124814562p_ricy
privy13439832p_rivy
puffy164410752pu_ffy
punily11311772punily
purely114013632purely
puri65931442puri__
purin75527592puri_n
purine85321892purine
purins83722652purins
puris75332022puri_s
purism104715062purism
purist85525052purist
purply13369052purply
pursily1238212pursily
pursy105016412pur_sy
purty105019402pur_ty
purvey14559572purvey
putrefy1543312putrefy
rarify123210062rarify
repurify1643802repurify
surfy115319472sur_fy
turfy114315402tur_fy
unify113611112_unify
verify153110162verify

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 Filter178691825510.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit82551312.97027794.9
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691313.37352976.9
 
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