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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 “persons” 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.

45 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
persons9371701(None) 
parsons93516871parsons
pereons92815001pereons
perrons93115481perrons
person83517871person_
persona92812451persona
personas102511881personas
arsons63917212_arsons
herons94820542her_ons
kelsons1137322kelsons
lessons73811022lessons
merlons93311272merlons
mesons83215842me_sons
nelsons738002nelsons
operons91411742oper_ons
pardons103817622pardons
parson83817902parson_
partons94620512partons
pennons939712pennons
pensions10311692pensions
peons75327182pe__ons
pepsins11310432pepsins
pereions10310852pereions
pereon83517452pereon_
perigons11310082perigons
periods10312242periods
pernods1038482pernods
perron83216622perron_
perses85428062pers_es
personae102410552personae
personal102311572personal
personals11238572personals
pesos77221622pe_so_s
poisons9310352poisons
presong1039842presong
prions84317782p_rions
prisons9313222prisons
reasons72514942reasons
seasons72614232seasons
sermons9311782sermons
telsons739222telsons
unpersons1146852unpersons
versions11310352versions
versos93812802verso_s
weasons102310582weasons

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671453.20333615.7
3Display Results45450.0133461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691453.59249746.9
 
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