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

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

59 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
purchase154529(None) 
purchased1743591purchased
purchaser1643371purchaser
purchases1645631purchases
purchasers1742552purchasers
repurchase17142882repurchase
surcease1086882surcease
archaise1348473_archaise
carcase11312743carc_ase
chase105127123___chase
curches143512743curches_
enchase1239473_enchase
euclase938933eu_clase
furcate12310453furc_ate
lurches123311663lurches_
marchese15358913marchese
murrhas12286173murrhas_
nuchae11218513nu_cha_e
nutcase975763nutc_ase
pachas135017143p_achas_
parches143720003parches_
parchesi15358213parchesi
parchisi15368933parchisi
parclose1247243parclose
pectase112410363p_ectase
percale11314093perc_ale
perchance1866393perchance
perches143717953perches_
permease1246503permease
phase104617213p___hase
phrase11109903phr__ase
porches143815673porches_
prase76128753p_r__ase
prechose15129773prechose
prepurchase20172273prepurchase
prophase15410243prophase
punches144816133punches_
punctate1246473punctate
puranas9712653puranas_
purchasable2051623purchasable
purchasing1893533purchasing
purdahs13285483purdahs_
purdas92612263pur_das_
purpose1137383pur_pose
purse76028893pur___se
purslane1045783purslane
repurchased19142363repurchased
repurchases18142923repurchases
subchaser1644323subchaser
subphase1555603subphase
sucrase9310343su_crase
surbase939793sur_base
surceased1264853surceased
surceases1157473surceases
surcharge1543833surcharge
uncase83817433_unc_ase
unchaste1346923_unchaste
urase54624693_ur__ase
urease64516993_ur_ease

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162596.62322068.9
3Display Results59590.0163687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691597.06225303.2
 
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