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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 “preschool” 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.

25 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
preschool164393(None) 
preschools1753831preschools
reschool1344131_reschool
precool1139012pre_c_ool
preschooler1882952preschooler
reschools1444082_reschools
homeschool2091923homeschool
nonschool1453283nonschool
prechill1546193pre_chill
prechoose16105633pre_choose
prechose15129773pre_chose
precook1577803pre_c_ook
precools1237703pre_c_ools
preschoolers1992093preschoolers
prescore124812373presc_ore
preshow15237413pres_h_ow
preshown16255633pres_hown
preshows16267023pres_hows
pressroom13104353pressroom
priesthood1652163priesthood
reschooled1643023_reschooled
reshoot102513893_res_hoot
respool937643_res_pool
school11410723___school
superschool1852713superschool

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.576310227.4
2DLD Change Limit148641256.92321470.6
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691257.51523777.9
 
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