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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 “putrefied” 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.

30 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
putrefied154367(None) 
putrefier1443121putrefier
putrefies1444661putrefies
petrified1548332petrified
purified1438742pu_rified
putrefiers1542512putrefiers
introfied1345603introfied
metrified1547853metrified
nitrified1346723nitrified
petrifier1447123petrifier
petrifies14310363petrifies
prefiled143310573p__refiled
prefired144310753p__refired
prefixed21357703p__refixed
purebred1344253pu_rebred
pureed95017813pu_re__ed
purfled13248733pu_r_fled
purifier1338573pu_rifier
purifies13311923pu_rifies
putrefy1543313putref__y
putrefying1942953putrefying
putrid9311173putr__i_d
puttered112611143putte_red
puttied103811163put__tied
rarefied1245913_rarefied
stupefied1542673stupefied
torrefied13143053torrefied
tumefied1443353tu_mefied
unrefined1345463_unrefined
vitrified1645983vitrified

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.450397091.1
2DLD Change Limit148641307.70619289.0
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691308.16921874.3
 
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