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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 “preselecting” 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.

31 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
preselecting174429(None) 
preelecting1646471pre_electing
reselecting1446021_reselecting
deselecting1544472_deselecting
praelecting1644532pr_aelecting
preerecting1646142pre_erecting
prelecting15310162pr__electing
preselection16154882preselection
preselections17144442preselections
reelecting1338782_re_electing
prededucting1952553prededucting
preelection15136483pre_election
preenacting16125373pre_enacting
prereleasing1552903prereleasing
preselect1346983preselect___
preselected1643963preselect_ed
preselects1464363preselect__s
preselling1338693presel__ling
presenting131013023pres__enting
presetting131010833pres__etting
preslicing1546363pres_lic_ing
prosecting15189813pros__ecting
proselyting1743903prosel_yting
prospecting1845853pros_pecting
redefecting1844373_redefecting
reejecting2045813_re_ejecting
reerecting1339973_re_erecting
reflecting1638823_re_flecting
resecting122816483_res__ecting
respecting1549883_res_pecting
selecting12310533___selecting

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 Filter178691950240.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit95024313.53026919.0
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.67248663.1
 
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