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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 “perturbing” 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.

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
perturbing154356(None) 
perduring1336012perdur_ing
perjuring1944922perjur_ing
disturbing1445653disturbing
featuring1337323featur_ing
gesturing1136653gestur_ing
lecturing1237303lectur_ing
nurturing1045013nurtur_ing
overturing1499413overtur_ing
overturning1545973overturning
pasturing1238433pastur_ing
peltering122011673pelter_ing
percussing1545223percussing
performing1844943performing
perfuming1784053perfu_ming
perfusing1565633perfu_sing
permuting1446553permu_ting
persuading1454503persuading
pertaining1347993pertaining
perturb1146003perturb___
perturbed1443343perturb_ed
perturber1343153perturb_er
perturbers1442633perturbers
perturbs1244363perturb__s
perusing11811063per_u_sing
perverting1646623perverting
pestering122315663pester_ing
petering112516813pe_ter_ing
picturing1436033pictur_ing
portering122012303porter_ing
posturing1238993postur_ing
precuring1439423precur_ing
returning1038133re_turning
texturing1735223textur_ing
torturing1036253tortur_ing
venturing1337553ventur_ing
vesturing1337203vestur_ing

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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603376.54621479.2
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691376.71826598.8
 
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