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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 “pertinacious” 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.

32 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
pertinacious165280(None) 
pectinaceous1861832pectinaceous
pertinaciously2162212pertinaciously
pectinations1649253pectinations
pernicious1445503per__nicious
perspicacious2161393perspicacious
pertinacities1754533pertinacities
pertinacity1854103pertinaci_ty
destinations13412664destinations
efficacious2151614_efficacious
ericaceous1453184_er_icaceous
farinaceous1661924far_inaceous
germinations15137944germinations
minacious1346184___minacious
patinations13411004p_atinations
pectination15410334pectinatio_n
pectinous1345554pectin___ous
perennations1447254perennations
perfidious1653674perfi__dious
peritrichous1961334peritrichous
personations1448394personations
pertinencies1654574pertinenci_es
petrifactions2083564petrifactions
pinaceous1345324p___inaceous
preconscious1852904preconscious
predacious1544774p_r_edacious
pretentious13125594preten_tious
proteinaceous176924proteinaceous
pugnacious1552714p__ugnacious
tenacious1146424___tenacious
terminations14149764terminations
veracious1447124ver___acious

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790327.59316434.9
3Display Results32320.0301066.7
 (SQL Overall)178691328.01322300.1
 
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