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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 “pretorian” 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.

49 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
pretorian1151155(None) 
praetorian1256631praetorian
pretorial11512651pretorial
pretorians1258311pretorians
pelorian1048882p_elorian
praetorial1257092praetorial
praetorians1364622praetorians
pretrain10310922pret_rain
pretrial10511982pret_rial
historian12128103historian
lictorian1166603lictorian
peloria9310953p_eloria_
pelorias10410593p_elorias
pictorial1348403pictorial
plutonian1144343plutonian
precisian1347813precisian
precocial1547503precocial
preformat1646363preformat
prehistorian1754603prehistorian
premoral1249713premor_al
prenomina1347883prenomina
prenotion1149173prenotion
preoral9312673pre_or_al
preordain12124493pre_ordain
preportion1448873preportion
prestoring13310303prestoring
preterit10315843preteri_t
preterite11613203preterite
preterits11410963preterits
pretor8315743pretor___
pretors9316803pretor__s
pretrains11410143pret_rains
pretreat10311923pret_reat
pretrials1158143pret_rials
pretrim11310783pret_ri_m
pretrims1238983pret_rims
preworn124711213prewor__n
proctorial1447513proctorial
proletarian1356213proletarian
protozoan2045943protozoan
pyrethrin1764403pyrethri_n
rectorial11119893_rectorial
retorn610923423_retor__n
retorsion946503_retorsion
retortion949673_retortion
retrain7615423_ret_rain
retrial7615553_ret_rial
stentorian1055223stentorian
suctorian11106503suctorian

Search took 7 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 Limit148641496.39323250.6
3Display Results49490.0301633.3
 (SQL Overall)178691496.57927160.8
 
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