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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 “preformats” 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.

32 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
preformats174441(None) 
preformat1646361preformat_
reformats1445711_reformats
preforms1537402preform__s
reformat1357652_reformat_
reformate1446952_reformate
reformates1546262_reformates
formats123113573___formats
perforate1459463perfor_ate
perforates1558863perfor_ates
performers17164103performers
performs1547483perform__s
pieforts1344863piefor__ts
preferments1844743preferments
preform1439613preform___
preformation1946473preformation
preformations2045713preformations
preformatted2052273preformatted
preformed17176203preform_ed
preforming1846233preforming
preformulate1952383preformulate
preformulates2062223preformulates
presorts105311683presor__ts
pretermits1445033pretermits
pretorians1258313pretorians
pretreats1146933pre_treats
proforma1545433proforma__
reforests1245533_reforests
reformers14246403_reformers
reformist1445913_reformist
reformists1544123_reformists
reforms1239823_reform__s

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603326.20322666.9
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691326.64226903.2
 
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