Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “purifies” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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18 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
purifies	13	3	1193	(None)
purified	14	3	874	1	purified
purifier	13	3	857	1	purifier
purifiers	14	3	588	1	purifiers
purities	10	3	1628	1	purities
aerifies	11	13	1339	2	aerifies
copurifies	17	5	436	2	copurifies
pacifies	15	3	1123	2	pacifies
parities	10	5	2298	2	parities
petrifies	14	3	1036	2	petrifies
privies	12	24	1426	2	p_rivies
purfles	12	25	1185	2	pur_fles
purines	9	44	2077	2	puri_nes
putrefies	14	4	466	2	putrefies
rarifies	11	3	1194	2	rarifies
repurifies	15	4	614	2	repurifies
unifies	10	27	1471	2	_unifies
verifies	14	13	1348	2	verifies

Search took 5 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	4.516	26806.7
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.919	36326.7