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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 “perhapses” 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.

32 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
perhapses164415(None) 
periapses1346051periapses
perhaps1446122perhap__s
periapsis1344832periapsis
elapses957663_e_lapses
erases64425403_er_a_ses
peases85229473pe__a_ses
pectases122411193pecta_ses
percales12313803perca_les
percusses1346503percusses
perfuses1358663per_fuses
periapts1237273periap_ts
permeases1347103permeases
perses85428063per___ses
pertusses1145383pertusses
peruses94018163per__uses
pervades1437353perva_des
phases114618403p__ha_ses
phrases12711463phr_a_ses
praises94121113p_r_aises
prases84429023p_r_a_ses
preshapes1667093preshap_es
pretapes122811533pretap_es
priapuses1343703p_riapuses
prolapses13145573prolapses
purchases1645633purcha_ses
relapses1038033re_lapses
reraises8415643rer_aises
reshapes1338803reshap_es
rhaphes1534703__rhaphes
serapes95218103ser_ap_es
terrases82111483terra_ses

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641327.65619415.0
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691328.10822038.9
 
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