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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 “perspicuous” 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.

25 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
perspicuous175251(None) 
perspicuously2262362perspicuously
conspicuous1752673conspicuous
pernicious1445503per_nicious
perspicacious2161393perspicacious
perspicuity2052173perspicuity
auspicious1453494_auspicious
despiteous1352324de_spiteous
pediculous1553374pe__diculous
perfidious1653674per_fidious
perilous10310694per__i_lous
peritrichous1961334peritrichous
persecutes1444354pers_ecutes
persecutors1553154pers_ecutors
persimmons1652054pers_immons
perspicuities1952794perspicuities
perspicuousness2162254perspicuousness
perspires1346664perspi__res
pervious1337544per_vi__ous
prestigious1453584prestigious
promiscuous1751404p_romiscuous
propitious1446604p_ropitious
sericeous1146344ser__iceous
suspicious1453964_suspicious
transpicuous1662194transpicuous

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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819258.55017405.7
3Display Results25250.0131923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691258.98319892.1
 
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