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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 “preachify” 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.

35 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
preachify224305(None) 
preachily1945141preachily
frenchify2342572frenchify
preachier1646922preachier
preaching172811162preaching
preachy17307312preach__y
breaching17269403breaching
breathily1744063breathily
pacify1667473p__ac_ify
peachier1548623p_eachier
peaching163613643p_eaching
peachy164510843p_each__y
pleaching17257083pleaching
preach133613923preach___
preached163412063preach_ed
preacher153211373preach_er
preachers16339573preachers
preaches153214893preach_es
preachiest1746983preachiest
preachified2273093preachified
preachifies2153683preachifies
preachifying2652343preachifying
preachingly2242903preachingly
preacting142412533preacting
prechill1546193pre_chill
predacity1745603predac_ity
premodify2043443premodify
prenotify1744283prenotify
prettify1644343pre_ttify
reaching143317203_reaching
rectify1536453_re_ctify
repacify1843483_repac_ify
speechify2251933speechify
treachery1744693treachery
upreaching1844113upreaching

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 Filter1786911486410.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit148641357.28020417.7
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691357.46923924.4
 
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