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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 “perseverate” 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.

48 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
perseverate166316(None) 
perseverated1852881perseverated
perseverates1753151perseverates
perseverance1961902perseverance
perseverative2162312perseverative
persevere1443992persever__e
asseverate1352693_asseverate
perpetrate1476653perpe_trate
perseverances2061843perseverances
perseverating1952523perseverating
perseveration1853803perseveration
persevered1642633persever_ed
perseveres1543403persever_es
persevering1743253persevering
asseverated1552144_asseverated
asseverates1452644_asseverates
cerebrate1348654cer_e_brate
decelerate1347514de_celerate
degenerate1246834de_generate
desecrate1249084de_se_crate
desiderate1246274de_siderate
desperate12410844de_s_perate
emeerate10410104_e_me_erate
penetrate1149234pe_ne_trate
perborate13510144per__borate
perchlorate1853754perchlorate
perennate1147784per_e_nnate
perforate1459464per__forate
permeate12311614per__me_ate
perorate10417924per___orate
perpetrated1675074perpe_trated
perpetrates1566204perpe_trates
perpetuate1454794perpe_tuate
persecute1344884pers__ecute
perseverations1953244perseverations
personate112111424pers__onate
perverse1336104per__ver_se
pervert12315584per__ver_t_
perverted1546104per__ver_ted
perverter1445564per__ver_ter
perverts1337534per__ver_ts
predebate1446164p_r_edebate
preliterate1365954preliterate
presbyterate1961894presbyterate
preterite11613204p_r_eterite
regenerate1147964re_generate
tergiversate1661444tergiversate
vertebrate15104084verte_brate

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819488.73317041.0
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691489.17219482.2
 
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