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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 “preaching” 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.

34 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
preaching17281116(None) 
breaching17269401breaching
peaching163613641p_eaching
pleaching17257081pleaching
preacting142412531preacting
reaching143317201_reaching
upreaching1844111upreaching
beaching164114142_beaching
bleaching17287092bleaching
breathing15218372breathing
breeching17236472breeching
broaching17287662broaching
drenching16256032drenching
frenching18267752frenching
leaching143012832_leaching
peacing124117072p_eac_ing
peching154513902p_e_ching
perching163711632p_erching
poaching163510832p_oaching
preachier1646922preachier
preachify2243052preachify
preachily1945142preachily
preachingly2242902preachingly
prearming14139222prearming
prefacing17118742prefac_ing
prepacking2145772prepacking
prewashing1944942prewashing
reacting113317892_reacting
retching143412172_retching
roaching143210432_roaching
teaching143612602_teaching
trenching15227652trenching
wreathing16266312wreathing
wrenching18276272wrenching

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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436343.76632245.4
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691344.16942861.8
 
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