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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 “pertussis” 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.

24 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
pertussis114332(None) 
pertusses1145381pertusses
percusses1346502percusses
pertussal1142562pertussal
pertussises1352122pertussises
percuss1137163percu_s_s
percussed1444803percussed
percussing1545223percussing
percussion1444993percussion
percussions1544873percussions
percussive1743823percussive
percussor1342913percussor
percussors1452803percussors
perfuses1358663perfu_ses
periapsis1344833periapsis
pertness10310093pertnes_s
pertnesses12310313pertnesses
perturbs1244363pertu_rbs
perusals1047143per_usals
perusers10328803per_users
peruses94018163per_u_ses
petsais938433pe_t_sais
prussic1144743p_r_ussic
tussis6379953___tussis

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 Filter1786911486410.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit148641247.93618730.0
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691248.42221217.2
 
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