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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 “puttylike” 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.

27 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
puttylike184181(None) 
puppylike1941582puppylike
auntlike1234983aunt_like
cultlike1434933cult_like
dustlike1335363dust_like
gutlike12308653gu_t_like
hutlike14349063hu_t_like
jutelike1935333ju_telike
nutlike113110113nu_t_like
palsylike1842703palsylike
pastalike1546723pastalike
petallike1554633petallike
platelike1546143platelike
playlike1735613p_laylike
poetlike1436733poet_like
potlike13910123p_ot_like
pumplike1834373pu_mplike
purselike1544373purselike
puslike1347563pu__slike
pusslike1434033pu_sslike
puttie84116303putt__i_e
puttying1434953putty_ing
puttyless1442013puttyless
quaylike2434143qu_aylike
rubylike1753353ru_bylike
suitlike1236313suit_like
toylike14157243__toylike

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641276.39323250.6
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691276.82626178.0
 
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