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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 “preapply” 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.

47 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
preapply144330(None) 
reapply1434321_reapply
preppily1444592preppily
preppy1235522pre_pp_y
apply125111393___apply
areally10411243area_lly
cheaply1735023chea_ply
crappy15446803cr_app_y
creakily1735393creakily
creamily1536363creamily
creepily1574953creepily
dreamily1435143dreamily
drearily1236083drearily
freakily1835003freakily
grapple12378003gr_apple
greasily1236233greasily
greatly1137613grea_tly
misapply1742883misapply
pappy114713803p__app_y
pearly116414843p_ea_rly
peartly1267453p_eartly
peppily1335133p_eppily
peppy114310363p_e_pp_y
pineapple1241773pineapple
preachily1945143preachily
preachy17307313prea_chy
preadult1146973preadult
preamble1436383preamble
preamp1238993preamp__
preamps1336613preamp_s
preanal9310713preanal_
preapplied1442703preapplied
preapplies1343323preapplies
preapplying1842193preapplying
prepay13310313pre__pay
prepill1147583pre_pill
prepped11329903pre_pped
preppie1058093pre_ppie
prettily1337283prettily
promptly1743913promptly
raptly11338913_r_aptly
readily11711403_readily
really93315613_rea_lly
reply104015853_re__ply
resupply1552523_resupply
ripply13348003_r_ipply
treacly1237093trea_cly

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162477.79618748.3
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691478.23221706.9
 
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