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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 “perfoliate” 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.

27 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
perfoliate155544(None) 
defoliate1346992de_foliate
exfoliate1954132_exfoliate
percolate13411162percol_ate
perforate1459462perfo_rate
aerolite8315053aer_oli_te
bifoliate1444313_bifoliate
defoliated1545833de_foliated
defoliates1446333de_foliates
exfoliated2163393_exfoliated
exfoliates2063703_exfoliates
foliate10513533___foliate
perborate13510143perbo_rate
percolated1548263percol_ated
percolates14410423percol_ates
perforated1656893perfo_rated
perforates1558863perfo_rates
perfusate1444833perf_usate
periodate1248343perio_date
perlite9317323per__li_te
perorate10417923per_o_rate
personate112111423perso_nate
petiolate1149153petiol_ate
profligate1654013p_rofligate
prolate9419793p_r_ol_ate
trifoliate1344193trifoliate
unifoliate1353033unifoliate

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603276.81320637.5
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691277.24924650.4
 
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