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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 “preinform” 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.

37 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
preinform164475(None) 
preinforms1743231preinforms
reinform1346191_reinform
preform1439612pre__form
preinformed1952662preinformed
prereform1644302prereform
reinforms1445082_reinforms
reniform1346232_reniform
aeriform1346093aeri_form
arciform1544793arci_form
deiform1336693_dei_form
disinform1544123disinform
freeform1644703fre_eform
gruiform14103373grui_form
inform11310153___inform
misinform1643783misinform
overinform1852393overinform
pediform1645183p_ediform
perform1439283p_e_rform
piciform1764993pici_form
piliform1555473pili_form
pinworm1467183p__inworm
piriform1555753piri_form
pisiform1564963pisi_form
planform1544753p_lanform
plexiform2342313plexiform
preforms1537403pre__forms
preinforming2072693preinforming
preinsert1148573preinsert
proreform1643903proreform
pyriform1844403pyri_form
reform11312713_re__form
reinforce1464483_reinforce
reinformed1664333_reinformed
retiform1345863_retiform
triform1237853tr_i_form
ursiform1343753ursi_form

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 Filter1786911486410.500357382.0
2DLD Change Limit148641377.31320325.6
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691377.82622833.0
 
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