Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “praefect” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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52 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
praefect	15	4	477	(None)
praefects	16	4	287	1	praefects
praelect	12	4	753	1	praelect
prefect	14	10	1107	1	pr_efect
praelects	13	5	435	2	praelects
preelect	12	4	964	2	preelect
preerect	12	5	927	2	preerect
prefects	15	9	813	2	pr_efects
prelect	11	10	1383	2	pr_elect
refect	11	43	1933	2	_r_efect
affect	14	4	890	3	__affect
artefact	13	4	518	3	artefact
briefest	13	3	589	3	briefest
defect	12	48	1617	3	__defect
pandect	12	3	1095	3	p_andect
perfect	14	10	1083	3	p_erfect
praelected	15	4	439	3	praelected
preact	10	32	2039	3	pr_e_act
precent	11	35	2026	3	pr_ecent
precept	13	31	1251	3	pr_ecept
predict	12	3	1532	3	pr_edict
preelects	13	5	608	3	preelects
preenact	12	4	1018	3	preenact
preerects	13	4	541	3	preerects
preface	14	5	1092	3	pr_eface
prefer	11	38	1320	3	pr_efe_r
prefers	12	37	1333	3	pr_efers
preheat	12	4	1389	3	pr_eheat
prelects	12	9	972	3	pr_elects
premeet	11	6	1515	3	pr_emeet
preselect	13	4	698	3	preselect
present	9	40	2273	3	pr_esent
preset	8	44	3098	3	pr_ese_t
pretest	9	5	1763	3	pr_etest
pretext	16	3	966	3	pr_etext
prevent	12	40	1655	3	pr_event
project	18	3	845	3	pr_oject
prosect	11	3	1339	3	pr_osect
prospect	14	4	789	3	prospect
protect	11	3	1363	3	pr_otect
redefect	14	4	605	3	redefect
reeject	16	34	962	3	_reeject
reelect	9	115	1563	3	_reelect
reerect	9	29	1588	3	_reerect
refects	12	40	1274	3	_r_efects
refelt	9	45	2142	3	_r_efelt
reflect	12	39	1371	3	_r_eflect
reject	15	41	1628	3	_r_eject
resect	8	44	2470	3	_r_esect
traject	16	3	704	3	tra_ject
transect	10	4	1005	3	transect
transfect	14	4	673	3	transfect

Search took 7 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	146162	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	52	6.500	22486.5
3	Display Results	52	52	0.033	1575.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	52	6.969	25640.8