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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 “periscope” 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.

26 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
periscope154641(None) 
pericope1447781peri_cope
periscopes1646351periscopes
aeroscope1347682aeroscope
episcope1445832_episcope
pericopae1565022peri_copae
pericopes1547872peri_copes
periscopic1854422periscopic
peristome1346592peristome
xeriscape2042612xeriscape
aeroscopes1448013aeroscopes
baroscope1546573baroscope
borescope1545403borescope
episcopes1545803_episcopes
fetoscope1655263fetoscope
gyroscope1755013gyroscope
horoscope1647273horoscope
pericopal1545813peri_copal
pericopic1745543peri_copic
peristomes1446053peristomes
peristyle1444303peristyle
polariscope17122273polariscope
prescore124812373p_rescore
principe1445683p_rincipe
telescope1355063telescope
xeriscapes2152463xeriscapes

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641268.33017844.1
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691268.76620384.6
 
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