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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpernicious” 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.

20 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
pernicious144550(None) 
perfidious1653672perfidious
perniciously1954802perniciously
delicious1246713de_licious
ferocious1445193fer_ocious
penicils1247863pe_nici_ls
penurious1145823pe_nurious
perditions1348873perditions
perilous10310693per_i_lous
perjurious1952843perjurious
perspicuous1752513perspicuous
pertinacious1652803pertinacious
pervious1337543per__vious
precious12310593p_r_ecious
precocious1644743precocious
predacious1544773predacious
pugnacious1552713pugnacious
sericeous1146343ser_iceous
tenacious1146423te_nacious
veracious1447123ver_acious

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603206.08023125.5
3Display Results20200.0131538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691206.51327436.1