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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 “prehandles” 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.

26 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
prehandles164418(None) 
prehandle1544531prehandle_
prehandled1743631prehandled
rehandles1345591_rehandles
panhandles1643262panhandles
rehandle1246172_rehandle_
rehandled1444762_rehandled
handles114020653___handles
manhandles1643393manhandles
mishandles1643773mishandles
outhandles1473653outhandles
overhandles1843643overhandles
panhandle1543363panhandle_
panhandled1772623panhandled
panhandler1652543panhandler
panhandlers1752043panhandlers
preambles1545333pre_ambles
precancels1644063precancels
prefades1439533prefa_d_es
prehandling1853423prehandling
preharden15104823prehard_en
prehardens1673443prehardens
presales10315263presa__les
rekindles1443863_rekindles
resaddles11114693_resaddles
treadles939703tre_a_dles

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603265.73324525.2
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691266.15529031.8
 
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