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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 “purism” 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.

48 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
purism10471506(None) 
porism104518061porism
prism94820261p_rism
puris75332021puris_
purisms114110831purisms
purist85525051purist
auris55331532auris_
aurist65027252aurist
autism83815332autism
chrism13710672chrism
cubism12348702cubism
curium10312502curium
jurist134616392jurist
lyrism1137472lyrism
mutism103211462mutism
nudism9357912nudism
ogrism937912ogrism
papism122211512papism
paris75145942paris_
parish115022352parish
peris75537072peris_
perish114619062perish
porisms113713452porisms
prim85132202p_ri_m
prims95425932p_rims
prise74632612p_rise
prisms104915502p_risms
priss74623892p_riss
pubis94616472pubis_
pulis74225602pulis_
punish111411502punish
purest84021932purest
puri65931442puri__
purify14399152purify
purin75527592puri_n
purine85321892purine
purins83722652purins
purists94014072purists
purity114114912purity
purls74723352purls_
purrs75320432purrs_
purs65641042pur_s_
purse76028892pur_se
pursy105016412pur_sy
tourism939422tourism
truism8118622truism
uprise82313692uprise
verism113214262verism

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit82551482.48633206.4
3Display Results48480.0133692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691482.87262218.3
 
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