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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 “prettify” 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.

54 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
prettify164434(None) 
prettily1337281prettily
petrify1536572p_etrify
pettily1238172p_ettily
prenotify1744282prenotify
prettied1159252prettied
prettier1069042prettier
pretties10615132pretties
pretty11510872prett__y
rectify1536452_rectify
acetify1545003ace_tify
beatify1536593_beatify
brutify1543883br_utify
certify1546243_certify
frettier1156593frettier
fretting122711523fretting
fretty1249223frett__y
fructify1942353fructify
gratify1436113gr_atify
grittily1244183grittily
identify1544133identify
metrify1535623_metrify
petti75119453p_etti__
pettier94213613p_ettier
pettifog1442053p_ettifog
petting103720953p_etting
pettish1238283p_ettish
petty105320293p_ett__y
preachify2243053preachify
prelife1279943pre_life
premodify2043443premodify
prentice121012353prentice
preppily1444593preppily
presift12312223pre_sift
prestige11310733prestige
pretrial10511983pretrial
pretrim11310783pretri_m
pretrims1238983pretrims
prettiest1199803prettiest
prettified1644943prettified
prettifier1543973prettifier
prettifies1545693prettifies
prettifying2044003prettifying
prettying1536043prettying
prettyish1743053prettyish
ratify122610043_r_atify
reedify1465763_reedify
reify114814973_re__ify
renotify1454833_renotify
retestify1543753_retestify
retting83425883_retting
reunify1344453_reunify
ruttily10338613_ruttily
testify13246943_testify

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162546.96620982.2
3Display Results54540.0331636.4
 (SQL Overall)178691547.42224075.9
 
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