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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 “nervousness” 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.

25 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
nervousness144604(None) 
nervousnesses1646902nervousnesses
onerousness1148262oner_ousness
perviousness1747682perviousness
seriousness11410182seriousness
curiousness1349003curiousness
deviousness1547283deviousness
devoutness1443103de_voutness
enormousness1455373enormousness
enviousness1447663enviousness
generousness1356973gener_ousness
heinousness1455583heinousness
jealousness1845323jealousness
nebulousness1454703nebulousness
nerviness12226873nerv__iness
noxiousness1846783noxiousness
numerousness1495693numer_ousness
perilousness1457813perilousness
porousness1248453por_ousness
previousness1757053previousness
tediousness1247773tediousness
tenuousness1146683tenuousness
unseriousness1356423unseriousness
variousness1448533variousness
zealousness2055193zealousness

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121633255.42322429.1
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691255.81230745.2
 
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