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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 “prefaded” 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.

33 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
prefaded153782(None) 
prefaced1638421prefaced
prefade1339011prefade_
prefades1439531prefades
breaded115014062bre_aded
dreaded103612022dre_aded
pervaded1535372pervaded
pleaded113511262ple_aded
preaged11612332pre_aged
prebade12310282prebade_
prebaked1737172prebaked
preceded1438292preceded
precoded1438862precoded
predated12513272predated
prefabbed1942322prefabbed
preface14510922preface_
prefacer1537982prefacer
prefaces15311062prefaces
prefiled143310572prefiled
prefired144310752prefired
prefixed21357702prefixed
prefunded1644692prefunded
preloaded1335922preloaded
preluded1236472preluded
premade12311442premade_
prepared132210872prepared
prepaved16177232prepaved
presaged1238802presaged
presided12410552presided
pretaped13339132pretaped
profaned14207972profaned
refaced133713572_refaced
treaded95014282tre_aded

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059333.75032282.4
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691334.15343027.0
 
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