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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 “prefile” 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.

41 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
prefile12341318(None) 
prefiled143310571prefiled
prefiles133113441prefiles
prefire124012811prefire
profile123211151profile
refile95122371_refile
defile105216662_defile
penile82219602p_enile
prebill1138802prebill
precipe133012122precipe
precise113518172precise
predive13511082predive
preface14510922preface
prefade1339012prefade
prefilled1535512prefilled
prefired144310752prefired
prefires134313282prefires
prefix18356852prefi_x
prefixed21357702prefixed
prefixes20389232prefixes
prelife1279942prelife
premie103617992premi_e
premise113818552premise
prepill1147582prepill
presale9416352presale
preside10715612preside
previse123713792previse
prewire124311142prewire
profiled14338522profiled
profiler13287642profiler
profiles133211232profiles
puerile9310092puerile
refiled114318652_refiled
refiles104122422_refiles
refill94514052_refill
refilm114311402_refilm
refine95225692_refine
refire95419472_refire
resile64627672_resile
retile65929672_retile
revile94921612_revile

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671413.37331921.4
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691413.76547461.1
 
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