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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 “prevents” 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.

36 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
prevents13301229(None) 
precents123015041precents
presents103315641presents
prevent124016551prevent_
brevets12519392breve_ts
events94814072__events
percents122713372percents
perpents122312042perpents
perverts1337532perverts
prebends13347882prebends
precent113520262precent_
precepts14268892precepts
preens85020112pre_en_s
prefects1598132prefects
preheats1339412preheats
prelects1299722prelects
present94022732present_
presets94216422prese_ts
pretends11299112pretends
pretests10310012pretests
pretexts1735602pretexts
prevalents1594972prevalents
prevented1539002prevented
preventer1438592preventer
preventers1547392preventers
preverbs15295302preverbs
privets122910052prive_ts
regents83416542_regents
relents74018502_relents
repents93717622_repents
rerents73319422_rerents
resents74221222_resents
reverts104715042_reverts
revests104413732_revests
revets94022172_reve_ts
trevets10499972treve_ts

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 Filter1786911210590.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit121059364.14329220.1
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691364.57939024.0
 
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