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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 “perseverative” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

28 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
perseverative216231(None) 
perseverate1663162perseverat__e
perseverating1952522perseverating
perseveration1853802perseveration
asseverative1852323_asseverative
perseverance1961903persevera_nce
perseverated1852883perseverat_ed
perseverates1753153perseverat_es
perseverations1953243perseverations
degenerative1754964de_generative
desiderative1753684de_siderative
penetrative1646114pe_ne_trative
permeative1748524per__me_ative
persecutive1853934pers__ecutive
perseverances2061844perseverances
persevere1443994persever____e
persevering1743254persever__ing
personative1647074pers__onative
perspective2054864pers_pe_ctive
perversive1844354per__ver_sive
preoperative1955754p_reoperative
preparative1846354p_r_eparative
presentative1755344prese_ntative
preservative2053954prese_rvative
preventative2054314p_r_eventative
preventive1847544p_r_eve_ntive
regenerative1655304re_generative
revertive1548854__r_ever_tive

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 Filter178691950240.720248181.9
2DLD Change Limit95024288.06311785.2
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691288.79620315.0
 
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