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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 “prepurchases” 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.

26 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
prepurchases2115223(None) 
prepurchase20172271prepurchase_
prepurchased22171861prepurchased
repurchases18142921_repurchases
repurchase17142882_repurchase_
repurchased19142362_repurchased
prepunches1954013prepunch__es
prepurchasing2361473prepurchasing
purchases1645633___purchases
precreases1445654pre_cr_eases
predeceases1653624pre_deceases
prepackages2252084prep_ackages
preprocesses1853924preprocesses
prepuces1438584prepu_c___es
prepunched2073114prepunch__ed
prophases16411064prop___hases
purchase1545294___purchase_
purchased1743594___purchased
purchaser1643374___purchaser
purchasers1742554___purchasers
reductases1344284_redu_ctases
repechages1843274_rep_echages
rephrases1447414_rephr__ases
replicases1444674_replic_ases
repurchasing2051964_repurchasing
repurposes1443174_repur_poses

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790269.21613540.6
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691269.63818540.3
 
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