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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 “purlings” 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.

53 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
purlings11391028(None) 
curlings114110381curlings
hurlings12388211hurlings
pulings103511321pu_lings
purflings1554091purflings
purgings12347291purgings
purlines103514051purlines
purling103620291purling_
purlins93415421purlin_s
birlings11359612birlings
burling104421132burling_
burnings11387622burnings
carlings114015862carlings
curbings13407312curbings
curling104320182curling_
darlings103710382darlings
furling114016562furling_
furlongs12304072furlongs
furrings12317142furrings
hurling113616412hurling_
marlings113713492marlings
nurling84215822nurling_
nursings9325772nursings
nurslings1043732nurslings
palings103915822p_alings
pargings123410162pargings
parings104219212par_ings
parkings153610682parkings
parling103823762parling_
partings113513732partings
peelings11339522peelings
pilings103313612p_ilings
puddings13325502puddings
puddlings14243792puddlings
puling93621402pu_ling_
pulling103821072pulling_
purfling1467762purfling_
purging113314182purging_
purines94420762pur_ines
purins83722652pur_in_s
purlieus1034632purlieus
purlin83615862purlin__
purline93516532purlin_e
purloins1077032purloin_s
purpling1368542purpling_
purring104515822purring_
pursing103715552pursing_
rulings83310382ru_lings
sparlings12257152sparlings
surfings12268072surfings
turnings9287232turnings
turtlings10184872turtlings
upflings1433732upflings

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 Limit121059533.29636729.1
3Display Results53530.0301766.7
 (SQL Overall)178691533.71648086.9
 
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