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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 “prettier” 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.

28 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
prettier106904(None) 
frettier1156591frettier
pettier94213611p_ettier
prettied1159251prettied
pretties10615131pretties
brattier1047662brattier
fretter103412752frett_er
grittier9316262grittier
grottier9316672grottier
jettier14358692_jettier
nettier74211812_nettier
peatier94017232p_eatier
pestier94317402p_estier
petter83924772p_ett_er
plottier10327262plottier
pottier93516492p_ottier
prattler10166342prattler
premier113515632pre_mier
preppier1156642preppier
prester93519622prest_er
prettiest1199802prettiest
prettifier1543972prettifier
prettify1644342prettify
prettily1337282prettily
puttier93314502p_uttier
rattier74015592_rattier
rentier73618222_rentier
ruttier73412282_ruttier

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059283.73332429.4
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691284.12543319.0
 
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