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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 “prefire” 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.

40 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
prefire12401281(None) 
prefile123413181prefile
prefired144310751prefired
prefires134313281prefires
prewire124311141prewire
refire95419471_refire
precipe133012122precipe
precise113518172precise
precure11312552precure
predive13511082predive
preface14510922preface
prefade1339012prefade
prefer113813202prefer_
prefers123713332prefers
prefigure1544042prefigure
prefiled143310572prefiled
prefiles133113442prefiles
prefix18356852prefi_x
prefixed21357702prefixed
prefixes20389232prefixes
preform1439622preform
prelife1279952prelife
premie103617992premi_e
premier113515632premier
premiere12249232premiere
premise113818552premise
prepare111913622prepare
preside10715612preside
previse123713792previse
prewired14358472prewired
prewires133811012prewires
profile123211152profile
refile95122372_refile
refine95225692_refine
refired115116992_refired
refires104820312_refires
rehire95415862_rehire
retire64927012_retire
rewire95421412_rewire
surefire1145212surefire

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911076710.783228213.3
2DLD Change Limit107671407.14015080.0
3Display Results40400.0301333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691407.95322468.4
 
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