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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 “prefaces” 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.

40 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
prefaces1531106(None) 
preface14510921preface_
prefaced1638421prefaced
prefacer1537981prefacer
prefacers1636291prefacers
prefades1439531prefades
refaces123216741_refaces
defaces133213402_defaces
forefaces1747132forefaces
palefaces1645302palefaces
peaces106324082p_e_aces
preaches153214892pre_aches
preacts113211362pre_acts
prebakes1639012prebakes
predates11615812predates
prefabs1435162prefa_bs
prefade1339012prefade_
prefaded1537822prefaded
prefects1598132prefects
prefiles133113442prefiles
prefires134313282prefires
prefixes20389232prefixes
prefocus1544742prefocus
pregames1339002pregames
prelacies13310052prelacies
prelates10418572prelates
prenames12311642prenames
prepacks1836582prepacks
prepares122014162prepares
prepaves15189192prepaves
preplaces1578752preplaces
prepuces1438582prepuces
prerace11414122prerace_
presages11312202presages
presales10315262presales
pretapes122811532pretapes
profanes132311572profanes
reface113616352_reface_
refaced133713572_refaced
relaces93420882_relaces

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit121059403.36036029.5
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691403.79647073.5
 
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