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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 “perrons” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

36 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
perrons9311548(None) 
pereons92815001pereons
perron83216621perron_
persons93717011persons
errors63311312_errors
ferrous1049802ferrous
garrons82713462garrons
herons94820542he_rons
marrons93216972marrons
merlons93311272merlons
neurons7410442neurons
operons91411742ope_rons
pardons103817622pardons
parrots9312742parrots
parsons93516872parsons
partons94620512partons
patrons93818102patrons
pedros9312182pedro_s
pennons939712pennons
peons75327182pe__ons
pereions10310852pereions
pereon83517452pereon_
perigons11310082perigons
periods10312242periods
pernods1038482pernods
perries93226602perries
person83517872person_
persona92812452persona
personas102511882personas
petrols92913082petrols
petrous92714422petrous
pierrots1044962pierrots
prions84317782p_rions
pyrrols1235402pyrrols
sermons9311782sermons
terrors73112212terrors

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671363.62629694.2
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691364.02944351.2
 
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