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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 “perseverative” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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84 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
perseverative216231(None) 
perseverate1663162perseverat__e
perseverating1952522perseverating
perseveration1853802perseveration
asseverative1852323_asseverative
perseverance1961903persevera_nce
perseverated1852883perseverat_ed
perseverates1753153perseverat_es
perseverations1953243perseverations
degenerative1754964de_generative
desiderative1753684de_siderative
penetrative1646114pe_ne_trative
permeative1748524per__me_ative
persecutive1853934pers__ecutive
perseverances2061844perseverances
persevere1443994persever____e
persevering1743254persever__ing
personative1647074pers__onative
perspective2054864pers_pe_ctive
perversive1844354per__ver_sive
preoperative1955754p_reoperative
preparative1846354p_r_eparative
presentative1755344prese_ntative
preservative2053954prese_rvative
preventative2054314p_r_eventative
preventive1847544p_r_eve_ntive
regenerative1655304re_generative
revertive1548854__r_ever_tive
accelerative1953455_accelerative
asseverate1352695_asseverat__e
asseverating1652275_asseverating
asseveration1552895_asseveration
confederative2253755confederative
consecrative1957315conse_crative
deliberative1854055de_liberative
derivative1746685der_iv__ative
deverbative2053625___deverbative
enumerative1654755_e_numerative
exaggerative2472635_exaggerative
execrative2246045_e_xe_crative
exonerative2155395_e_xonerative
federative1746165___federative
fermentative20113895ferme_ntative
generative1458565___generative
pejorative2245695p___ejorative
perceptive1946805per__ce_ptive
perfective2047195per__fe_ctive
performative22103875per_formative
perpetrate1476655perpe_trat__e
perpetrating1745205perpe_trating
perpetration1647135perpe_tration
persevered1642635persever___ed
perseveres1543405persever___es
perseveringly226995perseveringly
perspectives2153515pers_pe_ctives
perspiration1656835pers_piration
persuasive1553685pers___uasive
pervasive1744485per__v__asive
perverting1646625per__ver_ting
postoperative2063275postoperative
precative16312575p_r___ecative
preceptive1947765p_r_ece_ptive
predicative1947375p_r_edicative
preemptive1944145p_r_e_emptive
prefigurative2262075prefigurative
premeditative2162915premeditative
preparatives1954445p_r_eparatives
prerogative1755355p_r_erogative
preservatives2152785prese_rvatives
preventatives2152935p_r_eventatives
preventives1945725p_r_eve_ntives
privative17188295p_r_iv__ative
procreative1846315p_rocre_ative
proliferative2162355proliferative
provocative2154645p_r_ovocative
recreative1549025__r_ecreative
recuperative1954185re_cuperative
reiterative1447535__reiterative
remunerative1754765re_munerative
reparative1548175__r_eparative
restorative1446945re_s_torative
reverberative2162135reverberative
separative1546975___separative
seronegative1652695ser_onegative

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790848.51614653.6
3Display Results84840.0631333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691848.96919923.2
 
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