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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 “prefaced” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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
prefaced163842(None) 
preface14510921preface_
prefacer1537981prefacer
prefaces15311061prefaces
prefaded1537821prefaded
refaced133713571_refaced
barefaced1743692barefaced
defaced142910972_defaced
peaced115818912p_e_aced
preached163412062pre_ached
preacted132710942pre_acted
preaged11612332pre_aged
prebaked1737172prebaked
predated12513272predated
prefabbed1942322prefabbed
prefacers1636292prefacers
prefade1339012prefade_
prefades1439532prefades
prefiled143310572prefiled
prefired144310752prefired
prefixed21357702prefixed
prepacked20155652prepacked
prepared132210872prepared
prepaved16177232prepaved
preplaced1676482preplaced
prerace11414122prerace_
presaged1238802presaged
pretaped13339132pretaped
profaned14207972profaned
reface113616352_reface_
refaces123216742_refaces
relaced103517212_relaced

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.500357382.0
2DLD Change Limit121059324.39027576.1
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691324.89036542.1
 
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