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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpurled” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

15 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
purled9452074(None) 
burled94825381burled
curled95021651curled
furled104717051furled
hurled104617451hurled
nurled74016231nurled
parled94626271parled
puled84926521pu_led
pulled94322191pulled
pureed95017801pureed
purfled13248721purfled
purged104918261purged
purpled12299751purpled
purred94218071purred
pursed95220881pursed

Search took 2 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 Filter178691487550.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit48755150.89054780.9
3Display Results15150.016937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691151.016175877.0