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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 “pursuance” 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.

27 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
pursuance134409(None) 
pursuances1443451pursuances
puissance1343782puissance
purslane1045782purslan_e
pursuable1344692pursuable
pursuant1046562pursuan_t
durance1059113dur__ance
issuance1045223_issuance
nuisance1045713nuis_ance
nurturance1252533nurturance
parlance1248723par_lance
perchance1866393perchance
permeance1545913permeance
persuade1145853persua_de
piquance2144213p_iquance
portance12310123por_tance
prance104318573p_r__ance
puissances1443303puissances
purslanes1145523purslanes
pursue84512253pursu___e
pursuing1146233pursuin_g
purtenance1454053purtenance
purulence1345033purulence
purveyance2052373purveyance
substance1346753substance
usance858013_u_s_ance
usaunce9103383_u_saunce

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 Limit148641277.57619620.0
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691278.02822258.5
 
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