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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 “perfuse” 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.

28 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
perfuse124766(None) 
perfume1446501perfume
perfused1445821perfused
perfuses1358661perfuses
peruse84016841per_use
ceruse83914522cer_use
defuse105712722de_fuse
effuse1234962_effuse
percuss1137162percuss
perdue93912632perdu_e
perdues103511332perdues
perdure10379622perdure
perdus93711272perdus_
perfumed1654532perfumed
perfumer1574552perfumer
perfumes1555892perfumes
perfumy1763932perfumy
perfusate1444832perfusate
perfusive1744342perfusive
perjure16327962perjure
permute1138792permute
perse75429522per__se
peruke123210392per_uke
perused103112182per_used
peruser93511372per_user
peruses94018162per_uses
profuse1237152profuse
refuse94817512re_fuse

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit107671283.47031029.1
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691283.62649280.5
 
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