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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 “preselect” 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.

50 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
preselect134698(None) 
preelect1249641pre_elect
preselects1464361preselects
reselect1059941_reselect
deselect1147522_deselect
praelect1247532pr_aelect
preelects1356082pre_elects
preerect1259272pre_erect
prelect111013832pr__elect
preselected1643962preselected
reelect911515632_re_elect
reselects1156412_reselects
deselects1244493_deselects
praefect1544773pr_aefect
praelects1354353pr_aelects
precedent1448873precedent
prededuct1543103prededuct
preelected1545783pre_elected
preenact12410183pre_enact
preerects1345413pre_erects
prefect141011073pr__efect
prelects1299723pr__elects
premeet11615153preme_e_t
presale9416353presale__
presales10315263presale_s
prescient13411323prescient
preselecting1744293preselecting
preselection16154883preselection
presell939303presel__l
presells1058283presel_ls
presence122213513prese_nce
presences132113793presences
present94022733pres__ent
preset84430983pres__e_t
president12410993president
presleep1244493pres_leep
preslice1258623pres_lice
presplit1247753prespl_it
prevalent14128063prevalent
prosect11313393pros__ect
prospect1447893pros_pect
redefect1446053_redefect
reeject16349623_re_eject
reelects103110883_re_elects
reerect92915883_re_erect
reflect123913713_re_flect
resect84424703_res__ect
reselected1345633_reselected
respect11412033_res_pect
select82621173___select

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 Limit148641507.42320024.4
3Display Results50500.0133846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691507.93622516.5
 
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