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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 “perseverance” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

26 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
perseverance196190(None) 
perseverances2061841perseverances
perseverate1663162persevera_te
disseverance1862313disseverance
perseverated1852883perseverated
perseverates1753153perseverates
perseverative2162313perseverative
persevere1443993persever___e
persevering1743253perseverin_g
severance1447333___severance
deliverance17112834de_liverance
disseverances1962114disseverances
esperance1346694_e_s_perance
irreverence1653114_irreverence
penetrance1444904pe_ne_trance
permeance1545914per__me_ance
perseverating1952524perseverating
perseveration1853804perseveration
persevered1642634persever__ed
perseveres1543404persever__es
perseveringly226994perseveringly
preference1776984p_r_eference
provenance1744494p_r_ovenance
purveyance2052374pur__veyance
reverence14710164__r_everence
severances1546784___severances

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit124790267.71616172.9
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691268.12521992.7
 
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