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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 “period” 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.

31 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
period931498(None) 
periods10312241periods
pernod9310451pernod
aeried74221862aeried
heriot9422342heriot
jerid132316422jeri_d
percoid12312312percoid
pereion9312052pereion
pereon83517452pereon
peri65636972peri__
peridot10514242peridot
perigon1039852perigon
peril75425952peri_l
periled10316322periled
perils84121852perils
periodic1348432periodic
periodid1248162periodid
peris75537072peri_s
perish114619062perish
periti8319952periti
perked134617692perked
permed115217352permed
pernio8513142pernio_
pernods1038482pernods
perron83216622perron
person83517872person
preriot9316412preriot
pried84426862p_ried
prion75119992p_rion
prior74316172p_rior
prod76129502p_r_od

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551312.23336968.7
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691312.57969286.9
 
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