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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 “preferring” 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.

86 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
preferring164562(None) 
referring1338031_referring
deferring1436142_deferring
preaverring1743242preaverring
prefiring1559072pref_iring
preforming1846232preforming
preserving1637362preserving
conferring1648743conferring
deterring1138623_deterring
inferring1338613_inferring
misreferring1852393misreferring
peering103520353p_e_e_ring
perfecting1847513perfecting
performing1844943performing
perverting1646623perverting
petering112516813p_ete_ring
pilfering1536393pilfe_ring
prearming14139223pre_arming
preceding15129363prece_ding
precenting151012153precenting
precessing1598743precessing
preclearing1645103preclearing
precuring1439423pre_curing
predrying1645343pre_drying
preeing103817673pre_e__ing
preening113115843pre_e_ning
prefabbing2042583prefabbing
prefacing17118743pref_acing
prefading16149033pref_ading
preferment1746323preferment
preferred1555003preferr_ed
preferrer1443893preferr_er
preferrers1542983preferrers
prefiguring1842933prefiguring
prefiling1549533pref_iling
prefixing2246783pref_ixing
prefreezing2642873prefreezing
prefunding1745233prefunding
preheating16310723preheating
prehiring1548383pre_hiring
prelecting15310163prelecting
premiering1547243premiering
preparing14311643pre_paring
prescoring1547433prescoring
preselling1338693preselling
presenting131013023presenting
presetting131010833presetting
presorting1339983presorting
pressuring1346513pressuring
prestoring13310303prestoring
pretelling1338133pretelling
pretending1438613pretending
pretesting131810683pretesting
pretexting20206973pretexting
preventing161210263preventing
prewarming18145173prewarming
prewarning16135193prewarning
preweaning1645633preweaning
prewiring1547893pre_wiring
preworking2044233preworking
professing16106623professing
proffering1943773proffering
proverbing1843783proverbing
recurring1237953_recurring
refecting152413353_refecting
refeeding14247933_refeeding
refeeling13229313_refeeling
refelling132211313_refelling
refencing15188853_refencing
refereeing1444673_refereeing
refiring123513923_ref_iring
reforging1437663_reforging
reforming1538563_reforming
refrying15278903_ref_rying
regearing112211413_regearing
rehearing132211763_rehearing
remerging1358323_remerging
reperking1638703_reperking
reserving131110643_reserving
retearing102214253_retearing
reverbing15248593_reverbing
revering122918073_reve_ring
reversing132611483_reversing
reverting132315133_reverting
rewearing132310703_rewearing
rezeroing1935933_rezeroing

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603865.72024580.9
3Display Results86860.0461869.6
 (SQL Overall)178691866.17228951.9
 
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