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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 “pretests” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

39 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
pretests1031001(None) 
pretest9517631pretest_
pretexts1735601pretexts
protests10310491protests
retests73813851_retests
detests83711742_detests
pertest9317042pertest_
pietists1038322pietists
poetess938932poetes_s
precasts1239452precasts
precents123015042precents
precepts14268892precepts
precess11310862preces_s
prefects1598132prefects
preheats1339412preheats
prelects1299722prelects
presents103315642presents
presets94216422prese_ts
prests84021262pr__ests
pretaste10139522pretaste
pretastes11119422pretastes
preteens1038122preteens
pretells1047332pretells
pretends11299112pretends
pretenses112210592pretenses
preterits11410962preterits
preterms1237222preterms
pretested12149112pretested
pretext1639662pretext_
pretreats1146932pretreats
prevents133012292prevents
priests93810862pr_iests
protects1239742protects
protest9317532protest_
protists10313362protists
reests64618892_re_ests
renests74014212_renests
retest64028452_retest_
revests104413732_revests

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059393.40635542.9
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691393.82846680.0
 
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