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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 “prefatory” 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.

46 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
prefatory174668(None) 
precatory1649111precatory
predatory1547701predatory
crematory1647212crematory
predator11310052predator_
predators12310082predators
probatory1647112probatory
aleatory1148823ale_atory
creator93714443cre_ator_
creators102814413cre_ators
cremator1269193cremator_
cremators1369823cremators
deprecatory1954363deprecatory
depredatory1853163depredatory
imprecatory2053503imprecatory
oratory1039403or__atory
palpatory1645233palpatory
peremptory1953113peremptory
piscatory1645273piscatory
placatory1645723placatory
potatory1348413p_otatory
preceptory1945483preceptory
predicatory1945563predicatory
prefacer1537983prefacer_
prefacers1636293prefacers
preform1439623pref__orm
prehistory1845323prehistory
prelature1146273prelature
prelusory1442883prelusory
premature1347793premature
preparatory1853773preparatory
prestore104217353pre_store
pretor8315753pre__tor_
pretors9316813pre__tors
profanatory1952993profanatory
pronator10311783pronator_
pronators11411303pronators
pulsatory1474613pulsatory
purgatory1544413purgatory
rectory123512733_re_ctory
refectory1746023_refectory
refractory18134773_refractory
relator74016373_relator_
relators83316133_relators
rogatory1246153_rogatory
rotatory1147213_rotatory

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641467.90618801.0
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691468.37521336.2
 
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