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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 “prefades” 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.

34 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
prefades143953(None) 
prefaces15311061prefaces
prefade1339011prefade_
prefaded1537821prefaded
grenades1038432grenades
pervades1437352pervades
pesades10310902p_esades
pleiades1145752pleiades
prebade12310282prebade_
prebakes1639012prebakes
precedes13310702precedes
precodes13711572precodes
predates11615812predates
prefabs1435162prefa_bs
preface14510922preface_
prefaced1638422prefaced
prefacer1537982prefacer
prefacers1636292prefacers
prefiles133113442prefiles
prefires134313282prefires
prefixes20389232prefixes
pregames1339002pregames
prelates10418572prelates
preludes1137832preludes
premade12311442premade_
prenames12311642prenames
prepares122014162prepares
prepaves15189192prepaves
presages11312202presages
presales10315262presales
presides11414912presides
pretapes122811532pretapes
profanes132311572profanes
refaces123216742_refaces

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911210590.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121059344.92024605.5
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691345.07635203.1
 
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