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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 “purgings” 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.

34 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
purgings1234729(None) 
pargings123410161pargings
purging113314181purging_
purlings113910281purlings
burnings11387622burnings
curbings13407312curbings
curlings114110382curlings
forgings13287702forgings
furrings12317142furrings
gurging102910112gurging_
hurlings12388212hurlings
muggings13244592muggings
nursings9325772nursings
pagings114411062p_agings
parging113318602parging_
parings104219212par_ings
parkings153610682parkings
partings113513732partings
puddings13325502puddings
pugging122912542pugging_
pulings103511322pu_lings
purflings1554092purflings
purines94420762pur_ines
purins83722652pur_in_s
purlines103514052purlines
purling103620292purling_
purlins93415422purlin_s
purring104515822purring_
pursing103715552pursing_
sergings10299212sergings
surfings12268072surfings
surging93115432surging_
turnings9287232turnings
urging83413122_urging_

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059343.31336540.6
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691343.71948048.1
 
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