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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 “pretty” 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
pretty1151087(None) 
fretty1249221fretty
petty105320291p_etty
bratty1159682bratty
gritty10338402gritty
grotty10389832grotty
jetty156212582_jetty
netty85816762_netty
patty104723612p_atty
peaty105725692p_eaty
pertly115312552pertly
pesty106421712p_esty
petti75119452p_etti
petto76021042p_etto
piety105817302pie_ty
plenty11311412plenty
plotty11208852plotty
poetry1139382poetry
potty105621002p_otty
prebuy1357422prebuy
predry1237872predry
prepay13310312prepay
preppy1235522preppy
prest75736352prest_
presto84216202presto
prests84021262prests
pretax152310192pretax
pretor8315752pretor
prettify1644342prettify
prettily1337282prettily
prexy174611582pre_xy
prey96228482pre__y
proette9312362proette
putty104721402p_utty
ratty84819592_ratty
retry84718082_retry
rutty85617802_rutty
treaty94414352treaty
unpretty1343262unpretty

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551392.67330883.3
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691393.01559267.3
 
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