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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 “prepunching” 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.

24 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
prepunching214256(None) 
prelaunching2051502prelaunching
brunching17316483br__unching
craunching1843313cr_aunching
crunching17297003cr__unching
drenching16256033dre__nching
frenching18267753fre__nching
keypunching2651223keypunching
outpunching1942643outpunching
preaching172811163pre__aching
prefunding1745233prefun_ding
prepacking2145773prep_acking
preplacing1746003preplac_ing
prepricing1746733prepric_ing
prepunch1743643prepunch___
prepunched2073113prepunch_ed
prepunches1954013prepunch_es
prepurchasing2361473prepurchasing
preuniting1347303pre_uniting
punching163310123___punching
relaunching1742243_relaunching
repatching1844993_repatching
trenching15227653tre__nching
wrenching18276273wre__nching

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 Filter1786911216330.670266703.0
2DLD Change Limit121633247.62615949.8
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691248.31221498.0
 
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