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

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

44 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
purselike154437(None) 
fuselike1535672fu_selike
horselike1646262horselike
puslike1347562pu_s_like
pusslike1434032pu_sslike
bushlike1734963bu_shlike
dirgelike1543213dirgelike
dunelike1335303du_nelike
dustlike1335363du_stlike
fuguelike1742083fuguelike
fumelike1735223fu_melike
harelike1539613har_elike
hoselike15179643_hoselike
husklike1433613hu_sklike
jutelike1935333ju_telike
marshlike1843903marshlike
mouselike1545013mouselike
noselike12158573_noselike
palsylike1842703palsylike
parklike1337493par_klike
pinelike14188613p_inelike
pipelike16166693p_ipelike
platelike1546143platelike
popelike16177853p_opelike
prelife1279943p_r_elife
preslice1258623p_reslice
pumplike1834373pu_mplike
puppetlike1751273puppetlike
puppylike1941583puppylike
purline93516533pur__line
purslane1045783purs_lane
puttylike1841813puttylike
roselike12169183_roselike
runelike1236033ru_nelike
rushlike1534333ru_shlike
surflike1535933sur_flike
treelike1237003_treelike
tubelike1436093tu_belike
turflike1534443tur_flike
tusklike1133583tu_sklike
urnlike1136713_ur_nlike
vaselike1536993_vaselike
viselike1536923_viselike
wirelike15167493wir_elike

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 Filter1786911486410.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit148641447.56019661.5
3Display Results44440.0331333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691447.76623009.4
 
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