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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 “perforator” 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.

29 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
perforator154544(None) 
perforators1644851perforators
perorator1149741per_orator
percolator1445912percolator
perforate1459462perforat_e
perforated1656892perforated
perforates1558862perforates
perforation1649002perforation
performatory2252582performatory
perorators1249352per_orators
personator1245852personator
corporator1446943corporator
decorator1248573de_corator
meliorator12105223meliorator
perborate13510143perborat_e
perborates1459213perborates
percolators1545363percolators
perforating1747023perforating
perforations1747873perforations
performer16145133perfor_mer
permeator1347403per_meator
perorate10417923per_orat_e
perorated12412463per_orated
perorates11417023per_orates
peroration12316003per_oration
perpetrator1553643perpetrator
personators1345543personators
preparator1445243preparator
pronator10311783p_r_onator

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603295.86023993.7
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.28228444.9
 
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