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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 “perish” 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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61 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
perish11461906(None) 
parish115022361parish
peris75537071peris_
perkish16258821perkish
bearish123013272bearish
ceriph1398462ceriph
cerise84822042cerise
cherish15310462cherish
delish105215612delish
dervish1436982dervish
fetish12310372fetish
garish104516932garish
marish114319062marish
nerdish1137102nerdish
newish1237902newish
ogrish1039262ogrish
palish114718282palish
pariah114320582pariah
paris75145942paris_
peakish16268872peakish
peckish18227292peckish
peevish1535782peevish
peise75825772pe_ise
penis75129322penis_
perch124518832per_ch
peres76246642peres_
peri65636972peri__
peril75425952peri_l
perils84121852perils
period9314982period
perished14310092perished
perishes13313752perishes
periti8319952periti
perks115325802perks_
perms95524512perms_
perps95521482perps_
perse75429522per_se
persist9315852persist
peruse84016842peruse
pervs105117372pervs_
pettish1238282pettish
pish96127922p__ish
plenish1239942plenish
polish114916722polish
poorish123712302poorish
popish133812112popish
porism104518062porism
prise74632612p_rise
prism94820262p_rism
priss74623892p_riss
punish111411512punish
puris75332022puris_
purism104715062purism
purist85525052purist
relish93916952relish
rerise64325632rerise
serfish1348972serfish
verism113214262verism
verist93823892verist
viperish1655892viperish
wearish132310152wearish

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit82551612.53332590.2
3Display Results61610.0134692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691612.90261575.1
 
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