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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 “persnicketiness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

28 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
persnicketiness23763(None) 
perniciousness1855315per_niciousness
persnickety2261085persnicket____y
perspicuities1952795perspicuiti_e_s
perspicuousness2162255perspicuousness
prickliness1943905p_r__ick_liness
princeliness1653015p_rin_c_eliness
airsickness1751816airs_ick___ness
crotchetiness2061456_cr_otchetiness
finickiness2052026__finick__iness
pensiveness1648656pens_i_ve__ness
perfectness1853506per_fec__t_ness
perfunctoriness229946perfunctoriness
peripeties1448396per__i_peti_e_s
perkiness15209166per____k__iness
pernickety2151706per_nicket____y
personableness1853966personable__ness
perspectives2153516perspec__tive_s
perspicacities2261996perspicacitie_s
peskiness15216526pe_s___k__iness
pickiness1737626p____ick__iness
ricketiest1643956__r__icketi_est
seasickness1752666seas_ick___ness
sickliness1645006___s_ick_liness
snickersnees1861336___snickersnees
stickiness1635906___stick__iness
trickiness1666356_tr__ick__iness
tricksiness1762956_tr__ick_siness

Search took 8 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 Filter178691950240.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit95024287.04613486.2
3Display Results28280.033848.5
 (SQL Overall)178691287.43524033.8
 
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