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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 “prefiles” 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
prefiles13311344(None) 
prefile123413181prefile_
prefiled143310571prefiled
prefires134313281prefires
prefixes20389231prefixes
profiles133211231profiles
refiles104122421_refiles
defiles114016842_defiles
prebills1237292prebills
precipes143212212precipes
precises123218332precises
prefaces15311062prefaces
prefades1439532prefades
prefilled1535512prefilled
prefire124012812prefire_
prefired144310752prefired
prefixed21357702prefixed
prelives13310382prelives
premies113823062premi_es
premises123018272premises
premixes193110082premixes
presales10315262presales
presides11414912presides
previses133814282previses
prewires133811012prewires
prexies163415002prexi_es
profile123211152profile_
profiled14338522profiled
profiler13287642profiler
profilers14236292profilers
refile95122372_refile_
refiled114318652_refiled
refills103711422_refills
refilms12347502_refilms
refines105426342_refines
refires104820312_refires
refixes174813172_refixes
reflies104418532_reflies
resiles74026542_resiles
retiles74426992_retiles
reviles104421352_reviles

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 Filter1786911210590.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit121059413.84631476.6
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691414.26241926.6
 
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