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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 “preflight” 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.

34 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
preflight184467(None) 
prefight1746391pref_ight
preflights1943321preflights
penlight1446422p_enlight
preflighted2172782preflighted
refight1488872_ref_ight
relight11512062_re_light
delight12610673_de_light
droplight1643803droplight
firefight1944133firef_ight
firelight1655533fire_light
flight134014813___flight
freight1447603fre__ight
greenlight1552733greenlight
inflight1545893_inflight
overflight2044443overflight
overlight1647793overlight
penlights1544203p_enlights
plight123513363p___light
postflight1953093postflight
prebought17113143prebought
preflighting2252653preflighting
prelimit1259123pre_limit
preweigh1753683preweigh_
preweighs1872713preweighs
prizefight2851513prizef_ight
profligate1654013profligate
refights1555883_ref_ights
refought1564233_refought
relights1248053_re_lights
resight11510643_re_sight
safelight16124473safelight
spaceflight2261373spaceflight
topflight1843543topflight

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641347.73619214.2
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691348.15621909.1
 
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