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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 “preening” 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.

51 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
preening11311584(None) 
greening103112531greening
peening103318301p_eening
preeing103817671pree_ing
breeding123411842breeding
breezing20368132breezing
careening12310012careening
creeling113513362creeling
creeping133310102creeping
dreeing94311182dree_ing
freeing113713912free_ing
freezing21308322freezing
greeing93613782gree_ing
greenings11266662greenings
greenling1136752greenling
greenwing1434692greenwing
greeting103112352greeting
keening123713152_keening
peeing94618082p_ee_ing
peeking144414952p_eeking
peeling102919872p_eeling
peeping123615212p_eeping
peering103520352p_eering
peeving135112242p_eeving
peining104619152p_eining
penning103616492p_enning
prawning1446962prawning
preceding15129362preceding
precenting151012152precenting
preopening1546242preopening
prepping12309762prepping
presenting131013022presenting
pressing112516442pressing
pretending1438612pretending
preventing161210262preventing
prevuing1457252prevuing
preweaning1645632preweaning
preying133114552pr_eying
pruning10311732pr_uning
pureeing1137272puree_ing
queening1846112queening
reeding94124132_reeding
reefing114016862_reefing
reeking123318642_reeking
reeling83126862_reeling
reeving113717662_reeving
reining84425322_reining
screening1247192screening
sheening123010802sheening
treeing83414302tree_ing
weening114113972_weening

Search took 7 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 Limit121059515.82620779.1
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691516.24828599.7
 
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