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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 “prepares” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

37 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
prepares12201416(None) 
prepare111913621prepare_
prepared132210871prepared
preparer12169641preparer
preparers13197671preparers
prepaves15189191prepaves
prearms11369172pre_arms
prebakes1639012prebakes
precures12312902precures
predates11615812predates
prefaces15311062prefaces
prefades1439532prefades
prefires134313282prefires
pregames1339002pregames
prelates10418572prelates
prenames12311642prenames
prepacks1836582prepacks
prepastes13128822prepastes
prepave14228872prepave_
prepaved16177232prepaved
prepays1437482prepa_ys
preplaces1578752preplaces
preppies1149692preppies
prepreg12165962prep_reg
prepregs13144762prep_regs
prepress12137982prep_ress
prepubes1436052prepubes
prepuces1438582prepuces
presages11312202presages
presales10315262presales
pretapes122811532pretapes
prewarms15406732prewarms
prewarns13456942prewarns
prewires133811012prewires
propanes122415822propanes
reparks13249512_reparks
repaves123513652_repaves

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059374.04629920.7
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691374.46839993.5
 
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