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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 “pursue” 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.

33 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
pursue8451225(None) 
purse76028891purs_e
pursued10388131pursued
pursuer9338891pursuer
pursues94111371pursues
bursae84515602bursae
burse75527252burs_e
curse75829142curs_e
nurse54420122nurs_e
parse75236992pars_e
perdue93912632perdue
perse75429522pers_e
peruse84016842peruse
puisne856352puisne
pulque1736212pulque
pulse74219972puls_e
pure65543332pur__e
puree74632842pur_ee
purfle112511182purfle
purge85324602pur_ge
purine85321892purine
purple102712672purple
purpure1195992purpure
purs65641042purs__
pursed95220882pursed
purser85020472purser
purses84826372purses
pursier94012752pursier
pursuers10376522pursuers
pursuit948272pursuit
pursy105016412purs_y
repursue1044032repursue
ursae55214452_ursae

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 Filter178691825510.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit82551332.22037185.1
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691332.34676168.4
 
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