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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 “repurposing” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

23 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
repurposing165241(None) 
purposing1445232__purposing
presupposing1651883presupposing
recomposing1844223recomposing
redisposing1543443redisposing
reexposing2043413re_exposing
reimposing1544463re_imposing
reopposing1543653re_opposing
rephrasing1645643rephr_asing
reposing111213803re___posing
repressing13310393rep_ressing
reprising12312553rep_r_ising
reprobing1438073rep_r_obing
reproving1538413rep_r_oving
repulsing1237613repu__lsing
repumping1634813repump__ing
repurchasing2051963repurchasing
repurifying2043933repurifying
repurpose1343133repurpos__e
repurposed1542673repurpos_ed
repurposes1443173repurpos_es
repursuing1343013repur_suing
superposing1645353superposing

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633234.82625203.7
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691235.23234153.5
 
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