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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 “perron” 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.

37 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
perron8321662(None) 
pereon83517451pereon
perrons93115481perrons
person83517871person
error53712232_error
garron73113492garron
hereon93914362hereon
heron85025502he_ron
marron83717542marron
merlon83012352merlon
neuron6310372neuron
operon8811772ope_ron
pardon94618732pardon
parrot8320662parrot
parson83817902parson
parton84720992parton
patron84018042patron
pedro8313152pedro_
pedros9312182pedros
pelon74423212pe_lon
pennon8310642pennon
peon65635242pe__on
pereion9312052pereion
pereons92815002pereons
perigon1039852perigon
period9314982period
pernod9310452pernod
perry105222712perr_y
persona92812452persona
persons93717012persons
petrol82714062petrol
pierrot948832pierrot
pleuron976342pleuron
prion75119992p_rion
pyrrol1136272pyrrol
sermon8413552sermon
terror63811732terror

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551372.25036689.3
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691372.60968490.2
 
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