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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 “preference” 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.

38 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
preference177698(None) 
preferences1876181preferences
reference14810091_reference
deference1578492_deference
precedence1746112precedence
referenced1676862_referenced
references1589352_references
reverence14710162_reverence
conference1799003conference
deferences1677873_deferences
difference1955023difference
inference14411023_inference
irreverence1653103irreverence
misreference1982523misreference
precedences1845513precedences
precedency2053683precedency
preemergence1962293preemergence
preerect1259273pre_ere_ct
preferable1746723preferable
preferment1746323prefermen_t
preferments1844743preferments
prefinance1795443prefinance
prefreeze2342093pref_reeze
prescience16157293prescience
presence122213513pr__esence
presentence1546393presentence
preservice1744483preservice
pretence122312123pr__etence
prevalence1745483prevalence
refence12312233_ref__ence
referee101615753_refere__e
referenda1343073_referenda
referent112813423_referen_t
referents12259643_referents
refluence1445853_refluence
reverenced1676313_reverenced
reverencer1575723_reverencer
reverences1579173_reverences

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603386.35622121.3
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691386.52827373.0
 
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