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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 “prehension” 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
prehension154631(None) 
prehensions1645941prehensions
pretension1247531pretension
apprehension1992642apprehension
precession1448822precession
prehensile1544662prehensile
pretensions1347082pretensions
prevention1549172prevention
recension1148862_recension
reprehension1753372reprehension
apprehensions20102463apprehensions
comprehension2262973comprehension
pension9412203p___ension
perversion1545853perversion
precensor1345253precens_or
precessions1548553precessions
precision13410053pre_cision
preclusion1445213preclusion
prelection141511293prelection
prelusion1156603pre_lusion
preseason1144123preseas_on
pretensioned1553593pretensioned
preunion1046893pre_un_ion
preventions1648533preventions
prevision1448003pre_vision
procession1448413procession
profession1546593profession
recensions1248483_recensions
recession1149103_recession
reprehensions1853193reprehensions
retention91611483_retention
reversion1248093_reversion

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 Filter1786911406030.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit140603326.51621578.1
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691326.96925640.8
 
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