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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 “presales” 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.

38 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
presales1031526(None) 
presages11312201presages
presale9416351presale_
resales74724901_resales
percales12313802percales
persalts1038192persalts
pesades10310902p_esades
pestles93217692p_estles
prebakes1639012prebakes
predates11615812predates
prefaces15311062prefaces
prefades1439532prefades
prefiles133113442prefiles
pregames1339002pregames
prelates10418572prelates
prenames12311642prenames
prepares122014162prepares
prepaves15189192prepaves
presage10312292presage_
presaged1238802presaged
presager1138442presager
presagers1236942presagers
presells1058282presells
preshapes1667092preshapes
presides11414912presides
presolves1456532presolves
presses93523152pres_ses
presumes1239842presumes
pretapes122811532pretapes
prevalues1445322prevalues
reales64934122_re_ales
regales83520792_regales
resale64025542_resale_
rescales103414572_rescales
resiles74026542_resiles
resoles73823652_resoles
trestles83012552trestles
wrestles113310062wrestles

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 Filter1786911210590.610292936.1
2DLD Change Limit121059383.97030493.5
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691384.59638879.7
 
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