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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 “preformat” 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.

35 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
preformat164636(None) 
preformats1744411preformats
reformat1357651_reformat
preform1439612preform__
preformed17176202preformed
preforms1537402preform_s
proforma1545432proforma_
reformate1446952_reformate
reformats1445712_reformats
format113021353___format
perforate1459463perfor_ate
perform1439283perform__
performed17155303performed
performer16145133performer
performs1547483perform_s
piefort1249533piefor__t
preferment1746323preferment
preformation1946473preformation
preformatted2052273preformatted
preforming1846233preforming
preformulate1952383preformulate
premoral1249713premor_al
preoral9312673pre_or_al
presort95219543presor__t
pretermit1347133pretermit
pretorial11512653pretorial
pretorian11511553pretorian
pretreat10311923pre_treat
reforest1139963_reforest
reform11312713_reform__
reformates1546263_reformates
reformed14249603_reformed
reformer13217953_reformer
reformist1445913_reformist
reforms1239823_reform_s

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641356.61022487.3
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691357.02925422.0
 
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