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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 “perusing” 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.

32 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
perusing1181106(None) 
perfusing1565631perfusing
bemusing1336612bemusing
defusing13227932defusing
erasing8317962_erasing
feruling1258872feruling
overusing1339042overusing
parsing103819552par_sing
pausing103912812p_ausing
peising103416762pe_ising
perching163711632perching
percussing1545222percussing
perduring1336012perduring
perfuming1784052perfuming
periling11316862periling
perishing1539532perishing
perjuring1944922perjuring
perking143716462per_king
perming123416092per_ming
permuting1446552permuting
phrasing1438012phrasing
pressing112516442pressing
prising103321452p_rising
prosing103319382p_rosing
pruning10311732p_runing
pursing103715552pur_sing
pursuing1146232pursuing
recusing112512882recusing
refusing122310872refusing
rerising93017782rerising
reusing82516782re_using
versing112314192ver_sing

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911210590.810220606.2
2DLD Change Limit121059328.31314562.6
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691329.13919552.6
 
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