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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 “purist” 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.

63 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
purist8552505(None) 
aurist65027251aurist
jurist134616391jurist
purest84021931purest
puris75332021puris_
purism104715061purism
purists94014071purists
aorist64827872aorist
auris55331532auris_
aurists74615782aurists
autist64324942autist
burst75332242bur_st
cubist104214442cubist
curst74931022cur_st
durst66125172dur_st
grist65529872_grist
hurst85527192hur_st
jurists14409122jurists
lutist64317552lutist
lyrist9312292lyrist
nudist73813322nudist
papist102618752papist
paris75145942paris_
parish115022352parish
peris75537072peris_
perish114619062perish
persist9315852persist
porism104518062porism
prest75736352p_rest
priest84125422p_riest
print74837462p_rint
prise74632612p_rise
prism94820262p_rism
priss74623892p_riss
prost75434102p_rost
pubis94616472pubis_
pulis74225602pulis_
puniest92918092puniest
punish111411502punish
puri65931442puri__
purify14399152purify
purin75527592puri_n
purine85321892purine
purins83722652purins
purisms114110832purisms
puristic1239382puristic
purity114114912purity
purls74723352purls_
purrs75320432purrs_
purs65641042pur_s_
purse76028892pur_se
pursiest102812122pursiest
pursy105016412pur_sy
purtiest102414112purtiest
querist16311132querist
surest65026762surest
tourist7313202tourist
tubist83013162tubist
turista737442turista
uprise82313692uprise
verist93823892verist
wrist84827562_wrist
wurst85122992wur_st

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551632.21637252.3
3Display Results63630.0163937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691632.56269746.7
 
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