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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 “prefade” 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.

35 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
prefade133901(None) 
prebade12310281prebade
preface14510921preface
prefaded1537821prefaded
prefades1439531prefades
premade12311441premade
grenade938412grenade
pervade1337022pervade
pesade9311102p_esade
prebake1539092prebake
precede1239652precede
precode12311852precode
predate10616892predate
prefab1336242prefa_b
prefabs1435162prefabs
prefaced1638422prefaced
prefacer1537982prefacer
prefaces15311062prefaces
prefile123413182prefile
prefire124012812prefire
preflame1545912preflame
pregame1239552pregame
prelate9519692prelate
prelude1038012prelude
prename11412642prename
prepare111913622prepare
prepave14228872prepave
prerace11414122prerace
presage10312292presage
presale9416352presale
preside10715612preside
pretape113511622pretape
profane122111862profane
reface113616352_reface
remade94316982_remade

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671353.15634116.3
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.54550406.5
 
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