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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 “prehardening” 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.

63 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
prehardening195258(None) 
rehardening1644141_rehardening
hardening1438023___hardening
prehandling1853423prehand_ling
preharden15104823preharde__n_
prehardened1852413preharden_ed
prehardens1673443preharde__ns
premarketing2152563premarketing
preordering15124303pre_ordering
prescreening1752873prescreening
prewarning16135193prewar__ning
resharpening1852343_resharpening
superhardening2171783superhardening
bedarkening1942194_bedarkening
bemaddening1851814_bemaddening
broadening1444034br_oa_dening
deadening1277584_de_a_dening
gardening1236514___gardening
greatening1245444gre_a_tening
hardenings1544244___hardenings
harkening1746924___harkening
hearkening1844534_he_arkening
heartening1446734_he_artening
leadening1176734_le_a_dening
pardoning1338764p___ardoning
prealtering1446174pre_altering
prearming14139224pre_ar__ming
prearranging1652654pre_arranging
preattuning1443044pre_attuning
preboarding1744274preboard__ing
precanceling1952774precanceling
precharging2043754prechar__ging
preening113115844pre____ening
prefading16149034prefa_d__ing
prefreezing2642874pre_freezing
prehiring1548384prehir___ing
preopening1546244pre__opening
preordaining1652514pre_ordaining
preparing14311644prepar___ing
presurveying2151354presurveying
pretraining1446504pre_training
prewarming18145174prewar__ming
recarpeting1674364_recarpeting
rechartering1853544_rechartering
reddening1237434_re__ddening
reearning1039054_reear__ning
refastening1544304_refastening
regarding12149154_regard__ing
regreening1246034_re_greening
rehammering1953364_rehammering
rehandling1544454_rehand_ling
reharden1276304_reharde__n_
rehardened1543944_reharden_ed
rehardens13104674_reharde__ns
remarketing1843714_remarketing
reordering1266214_re_ordering
rescreening1444084_rescreening
retarding111110654_retard__ing
retargeting1343934_retargeting
rewakening1843794_rewa_kening
rewarding14148834_reward__ing
rewidening1544084_re_widening
sharpening1644884__sharpening

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790636.59318927.7
3Display Results63630.0461369.6
 (SQL Overall)178691637.02925422.0
 
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