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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 “preppies” 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.

29 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
preppies114968(None) 
preppie1058091preppie_
preppier1156641preppier
preppiest1236971preppiest
crappies142911152crappies
creepies1239612creepies
croppies143111132croppies
pappies103214822p_appies
peppier10268322p_eppier
peppiest11278562p_eppiest
poppies102816192p_oppies
preapplies1343322preapplies
precipes143212212precipes
predries112714382predries
preemies12512192preemies
premies113823062pre_mies
prepares122014162prepares
prepaves15189192prepaves
prepped11329902prepp_ed
preppily1444592preppily
preppiness1344422preppiness
prepping12309762prepping
preprices1569262preprices
prepubes1436052prepubes
prepuces1438582prepuces
pretties10615132pretties
prexies163415002pre_xies
puppies103212612p_uppies
replies94521042_replies

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 Limit121059293.58033815.4
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691293.98644829.7
 
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