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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 “persuasively” 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.

42 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
persuasively209273(None) 
percussively2252772percussively
persuasive1553682persuasive__
pervasively2253322per_vasively
dissuasively1951973dissuasively
permissively2252553permissively
persuasible1552163persuasi_ble
prelusively1953553prelu_sively
suasively1544483___suasively
abrasively1853624abr__asively
delusively1753824de_lu_sively
derisively1744674der__isively
derivatively2264314derivatively
effusively2252854_effu_sively
elusively1544224_e_lu_sively
eruptively1844854_er_uptively
evasively1843374_e__vasively
excursively2652824_excursively
operatively1946274oper__atively
passively1744614p_as__sively
pejoratively2753674pejoratively
pensively1745914pe___nsively
perceptively2454514perceptively
percussive1743824percussive__
perfectively2554834perfectively
perfusive1744344perfu_sive__
perspectively2553274perspectively
persuasion1294194persuasi__on
persuasions1383914persuasi_ons
persuasiveness1963464persuasiveness
pervasive1744484per_vasive__
possessively2052974possessively
preclusively2252484preclusively
presumptively2592224presumptively
privatively2245084p_rivatively
purposively2152354pur_posively
reclusively1953364reclu_sively
recursively1953464re_cursively
repulsively1953424re_pulsively
seclusively1952944seclu_sively
unpersuasive1771954unpersuasive__
versatilely1751944vers_atilely

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 Filter1786911247900.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit124790428.23615151.8
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691428.66920612.6
 
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