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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 “perils” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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93 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
perils8412185(None) 
peril75425951peril_
peris75537071peri_s
aerials74017552aerials
aeries64737782aeries
aerily93017012aerily
aperies9423202aperies
arils58732202_arils
beryls11107882beryls
bezils1711310602bezils
ceils75019402ce_ils
cerias83321982cerias
deils65722862de_ils
derails84216392derails
devils104412812devils
eerily92913562eerily
ervils948772_ervils
evils84114262_evils
ferals94216642ferals
ferias95020392ferias
gerbils1037302gerbils
heils85222192he_ils
herls85226432her_ls
imperils1247712imperils
jerids142810942jerids
kevils13358332kevils
merits8320872merits
merls77423902mer_ls
nerols6914892nerols
pails75833062p_ails
paries84742522paries
paris75145942pari_s
parols84722612parols
peals75235492pe_als
pearls84715392pearls
pedals94316032pedals
peels75226422pe_els
peeries93623022peeries
peins76128062pe_ins
pekins121812232pekins
pencils113011772pencils
penile82219602penile
penis75129322peni_s
pensils92811592pensils
perdus93711272perdus
peres76246642per_es
peri65636972peri__
periled10316322periled
perilla9311232perilla
perillas10310832perillas
perilous10310692perilous
period9314982period
periods10312242periods
perish114619062perish
periti8319952periti
peritus9311802peritus
perkily1637812perkily
perks115325802per_ks
permits11314002permits
perms95524512per_ms
perps95521482per_ps
perries93226602perries
perses85428062perses
pertly115312552pertly
pervs105117372per_vs
petals84719812petals
petrels9279372petrels
petrols92913082petrols
pewits112810682pewits
pries74339532p_ries
prigs85219702p_rigs
prill74117942p_rill
prills84015612p_rills
prims95425932p_rims
priss74623892p_riss
pterins9812992pterins
puerile9310092puerile
pupils10389912pupils
purins83722652purins
puris75332022puri_s
purls74723352pur_ls
reoils64516872reoils
rerigs74014792rerigs
serails73318362serails
serials73919752serials
series64540972series
serifs94017052serifs
serins64029672serins
speils84116222spe_ils
veils84918802ve_ils
verily122616052verily
vexils1647172vexils
zorils153810882zorils

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit82551932.59631799.3
3Display Results93930.0303100.0
 (SQL Overall)178691933.02958993.4
 
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