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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 “persecutes” 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.

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
persecutes144435(None) 
persecute1344881persecute_
persecuted1543501persecuted
persecutee1453861persecutee
persecutees1552221persecutees
persecutor1453242persecutor
persecutors1553152persecutors
prosecutes1445662prosecutes
executes1736533_e_xecutes
perfectas16135073perfec_tas
perfected1736633perfec_ted
perfecter1646043perfec_ter
perfecters1745433perfec_ters
perfectest1744813perfec_test
perfectos16106073perfec_tos
perfects15107353perfec_t_s
permeates13311773perme_ates
permutes1238713per__mutes
perpetuates1584303perpetuates
persecuting1643833persecuting
persecution1564783persecution
persecutions1654793persecutions
persecutive1853933persecutive
persecutory1852623persecutory
perseveres1543393perseveres
personates122510693personates
precures12312903p_r_ecures
precuts111710473p_r_ecut_s
prosecute1345953prosecute_
prosecuted1544283prosecuted
reexecutes1962623reexecutes
resecures1146733re_secures

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 Filter1786911406030.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit140603326.65621124.2
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691326.81226231.8
 
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