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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpurtenance” 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.

19 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
purtenance145404(None) 
purtenances1553861purtenances
appurtenance1861382appurtenance
purveyance2052362purveyance
sustenance1253832sustenance
appurtenances1961273appurtenances
countenance1555873countenance
furtherance1951843furtherance
nurturance1252523nurturance
penance11313443p___enance
permeance1545903perme_ance
pertinence1445823pertinence
portance12310113port__ance
provenance1744483provenance
pursuance1344083pur_suance
purveyances2152063purveyances
subtenancy1753063subtenancy
sustenances1353623sustenances
utterance1145453_utterance

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 Filter1786911406030.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit140603197.89317813.6
3Display Results19190.0161187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691198.06222164.6