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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 “pretermit” 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.

30 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
pretermit134713(None) 
preterit10315841preter_it
pretermits1445031pretermits
preterite11613202preter_ite
preterits11410962preter_its
preterm11310152preterm__
preterms1237222preterm_s
intermit101213593_intermit
permit10321683p___ermit
preadmit1346813pre_admit
preedit10512453pre_e_dit
preemie11310563pre_e_mie
preempt1337723pre_e_mpt
preerect1259273pre_erect
preferment1746323preferment
preformat1646363preformat
prelimit1259123pre_limit
presummit1553133presummit
preterites12411793preter_ites
preterminal1554583preterminal
pretermitted1752263pretermitted
pretest9517633prete__st
pretext1639663prete__xt
pretrain10310923pret_rain
pretreat10311923pret_reat
pretrim11310783pret_r_im
pretrims1238983pret_rims
proteomic1546743proteomic
reemit8717223_re_e_mit
ureteric1046233ureter_ic

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641308.37617746.1
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691308.54520911.8
 
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