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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 “preterm” 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.

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
preterm1131015(None) 
preterms1237221preterms
perter84422282perter_
peter74427592p_eter_
peters86624592p_eters
prater84825352prater_
praters94921642praters
prearm104512342pre_arm
prefer113813202prefer_
prefers123713332prefers
preform1439602preform
prester93519622prester_
presters103419002presters
preteen939872preteen
pretell938232pretell
pretend104011012pretend
preterit10315842preterit
pretermit1347132pretermit
pretest9517632pretest
pretext1639662pretext
pretor8315742pretor_
pretors9316802pretors
pretrim11310772pretrim
preverb14317062preverb
prewarm14479602prewarm
preyer114413732preyer_
preyers124412362preyers
reteam83214532_reteam
retem74221952_rete_m
ureter6313202ureter_
ureters7311822ureters

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 Filter1786911076710.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit107671313.23633272.9
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691313.37252992.6
 
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