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

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

34 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
performances217268(None) 
performance2062831performance_
conformances21104093conformances
nonperformances24221803nonperformances
perforates1558863perfor_a_tes
performable2053133performable_
performatives2392683performatives
affirmances2152604_affirmances
conformance20114474conformance_
nonperformance23231964nonperformance_
penetrances1544804penetr_ances
perborates1459214perbor_a_tes
perforate1459464perfor_a_te_
perforated1656894perfor_a_ted
perforators1644854perfor_ators
perforce1544964perfor___ce_
performative22103874performative
performatory2252584performatory
performed17155304perform___ed
performer16145134perform___er
performers17164104perform__ers
performing1844944performin__g
performs1547484perform____s
permeances1645654per__meances
perorates11417024per_or_a_tes
portances1349834p___ortances
preferences1876194prefer_ences
prefinances1875014pref_inances
preformats1744414preforma__ts
preformatted2052274preformatted
preperformance257794preperformance_
pyromancies2054874pyr_o_mancies
reformates1546264re_forma_tes
romances12310794__r_o_mances

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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790347.42316811.3
3Display Results34340.0301133.3
 (SQL Overall)178691347.85922737.1
 
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