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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 “preferrer” 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.

50 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
preferrer144389(None) 
preferred1555001preferred
preferrers1542981preferrers
referrer11136051_referrer
deferrer12135592_deferrer
premerger1444902premerger
preserver14127012preserver
referred1297832_referred
referrers12125372_referrers
conferrer1447063conferrer
deferred13106363_deferred
deferrers13115153_deferrers
deterrer9137013_deterrer
inferrer11217443_inferrer
perfecter1646043perfecter
performer16145133performer
perverter1445563perverter
pilferer1344923pilfe_rer
preaverred1642763preaverred
preener93114833pre_e_ner
prefacer1537983pref_acer
prefer113813203pref___er
preferment1746323preferment
preferring1645623preferring
prefers123713333prefe_r_s
prefire124012813pref_ire_
prefired144310753pref_ired
prefires134313283pref_ires
preformed17176203preformed
preheater1448913preheater
preorder1136463pre_order
preparer12169643pre_parer
presenter11311643presenter
preserve13108803preserve_
preserved15107563preserved
preservers15115693preservers
preserves14109073preserves
pretender1246663pretender
preventer1438593preventer
profferer1742933profferer
properer1259203prope_rer
referee101615753_refe_ree
refereed12149693_refereed
referees111310413_referees
referral1144403_referral
reformer13217953_reformer
reserver11119633_reserver
reverer103815833_reve_rer
reverser113010483_reverser
reverter114812873_reverter

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641506.40623203.4
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691506.84226116.8
 
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