Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “preopening” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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45 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
preopening	15	4	624	(None)
reopening	12	4	882	1	_reopening
preening	11	31	1584	2	pre__ening
propending	16	4	614	2	pr_opending
propining	14	3	1013	2	pr_opining
proponing	14	3	999	2	pr_oponing
cheapening	18	8	380	3	cheapening
crispening	15	4	387	3	crispening
deepening	13	3	561	3	_deepening
freshening	17	4	477	3	freshening
greatening	12	4	544	3	greatening
greening	10	31	1253	3	gre__ening
opening	10	3	992	3	___opening
peening	10	33	1830	3	p_e__ening
peopling	13	3	835	3	p_eop_ling
peppering	13	3	708	3	p_eppering
perpending	16	4	668	3	p_erpending
plumpening	17	4	244	3	plumpening
preceding	15	12	936	3	pre_ceding
precenting	15	10	1215	3	pre_centing
precleaning	16	4	426	3	precleaning
preeing	10	38	1767	3	pre__e_ing
premiering	15	4	724	3	premiering
preordering	15	12	430	3	preordering
preparing	14	3	1164	3	pre_paring
prepaving	17	8	723	3	pre_paving
prepaying	17	4	797	3	pre_paying
prepping	12	30	976	3	pre_p_ping
presenting	13	10	1302	3	pre_senting
pretending	14	3	861	3	pre_tending
preventing	16	12	1026	3	pre_venting
previewing	19	4	367	3	previewing
prewarning	16	13	519	3	prewarning
preweaning	16	4	563	3	preweaning
profaning	15	3	729	3	pr_ofaning
propelling	15	5	693	3	pr_opelling
proposing	14	3	967	3	pr_oposing
propping	12	28	1167	3	pr_op_ping
prospering	15	4	717	3	prospering
protending	14	4	681	3	pr_otending
reddening	12	3	743	3	_reddening
repenting	12	23	1655	3	_re_penting
repining	11	41	1659	3	_re_pining
ripening	11	3	857	3	_r_ipening
steepening	13	4	404	3	steepening

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	140603	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	45	6.626	21219.9
3	Display Results	45	45	0.013	3461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	45	7.075	25256.7