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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 “praefects” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

49 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
praefects164287(None) 
praefect1544771praefect_
praelects1354351praelects
prefects1598131pr_efects
praelect1247532praelect_
preelects1356082preelects
preerects1345412preerects
prefect141011072pr_efect_
prelects1299722pr_elects
refects124012742_r_efects
affects1535393__affects
artefacts1443153artefacts
defects134511523__defects
pandects1335843p_andects
perfects15107353p_erfects
praelected1544393praelected
preacts113211363pr_e_acts
precents123015043pr_ecents
precepts14268893pr_ecepts
predicts1339613pr_edicts
preelect1249643preelect_
preenacts1345843preenacts
preerect1259273preerect_
prefaces15311063pr_efaces
prefers123713333pr_efe_rs
prefocus1544743pr_efocus
preheats1339413pr_eheats
prelect111013833pr_elect_
preselects1464363preselects
presents103315643pr_esents
presets94216423pr_ese_ts
pretests10310013pr_etests
pretexts1735603pr_etexts
prevents133012293pr_events
projects1936413pr_ojects
prosects1239473pr_osects
prospects1545103prospects
protects1239743pr_otects
redefects1543793redefects
reejects17336083_reejects
reelects103110883_reelects
reerects10319923_reerects
refect114319333_r_efect_
reflects13288873_r_eflects
rejects163910693_r_ejects
resects94115593_r_esects
trajects1744533tra_jects
transects1157823transects
transfects1545723transfects

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641498.05018464.7
3Display Results49490.0133769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691498.49921024.9
 
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