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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 “preformulate” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 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
preformulate195237(None) 
preformulated2162031preformulated
preformulates2062221preformulates
reformulate1653021_reformulate
reformulated1852762_reformulated
reformulates1752982_reformulates
formulate1446993___formulate
preformat1646363preform__at_
preformats1744413preform__ats
preformulating2281873preformulating
reformate1446953_reform__ate
formulae1345984___formula_e
formulated1645564___formulated
formulates1546544___formulates
perforate1459464perfor___ate
predominate16166094predo_minate
preformatted2052274preform_atted
prenominate15156634preno_minate
proconsulate16172794proconsulate
promulgate1553014pr__o_mulgate
recirculate1554704_recirculate
reformat1357654_reform__at_
reformates1546264_reform__ates
reformats1445714_reform__ats
reformulating1972824_reformulating
reformulation1853974_reformulation
repopulate1445204_repo_pulate
restimulate1365844_restimulate
unformulated1852574_unformulated

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 Filter1786911247900.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit124790296.75018487.4
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.90625874.7
 
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