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

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71 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
purveyed174336(None) 
surveyed1544231surveyed
curveted1435292curveted
parleyed1436242parleyed
preyed125313202p_r_eyed
pureed95017812pur_e_ed
purvey14559572purvey__
purveyor1641542purveyor
purveys15615902purvey_s
burdened1236423burdened
burseed1049503burse_ed
burweed1347823burwe_ed
conveyed17247923conveyed
curtseyed1551923curtseyed
curved124815223curv__ed
curvetted1543703curvetted
curvey144111843curvey__
foureyed1543663four_eyed
greyed114610603_gr_eyed
hurrayed1543043hurrayed
jerseyed1942743jerseyed
journeyed2041983journeyed
marveled1436433marveled
murdered1236023murdered
parceled1338343parceled
pargeted1238683pargeted
parlayed1435823parlayed
parleyer1335633parleyer
parsleyed1543353parsleyed
paveed12438893p_ave_ed
pervaded1535373pervaded
perverted1546103perverted
phoneyed1743843phoneyed
popeyed1535713p_opeyed
portered112311543portered
prayed124815433p_r_ayed
preed85128123p_r_e_ed
preened103214993p_reened
premed114617763p_r_emed
presurveyed2061623presurveyed
prevued1337143p_revued
preyer114413733p_r_eyer
puckered1736103puckered
pummeled1543373pummeled
purebred1344253purebred
puree74632843pur_e_e_
purees84721683pur_e_es
purfled13248733pur_fled
purged104918263pur__ged
purified1438743purified
purled94520753pur__led
purpled12299783pur_pled
purposed1335263purposed
purred94218073pur__red
pursed95220883pur__sed
pursued10388133pur_sued
purveying1843573purveying
purveyors1741663purveyors
purview1534233purv_iew
puttered112611143puttered
quavered2144813quavered
quivered2144823quivered
resurveyed1742053resurveyed
subvened1436423subvened
survey124111673survey__
surveyor1442263surveyor
surveys13357573survey_s
survived1534073survived
tourneyed1342323tourneyed
turreted935373turreted
unvexed18147103_unvexed

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit146162716.46622604.7
3Display Results71710.0332151.5
 (SQL Overall)178691716.96925640.8
 
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