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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 “preaverring” 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.

22 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
preaverring174324(None) 
preferring1645622pre_ferring
averring12239063___averring
beavering1538703_beave_ring
misaverring1743073misaverring
palavering1644483palave_ring
perverting1646623p_erverting
prealtering1446173prealtering
prearming14139223prea__rming
preassuring1443823preassuring
preaverred1642763preaverr_ed
preclearing1645103preclearing
premiering1547243premie_ring
preserving1637363pre_serving
preventing161210263pre_venting
proverbing1843783pr_overbing
referring1338033_re_ferring
reverbing15248593_re_verbing
revering122918073_re_ve_ring
reversing132611483_re_versing
reverting132315133_re_verting
traversing1444803tr_aversing

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 Filter1786911216330.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121633226.00020272.2
3Display Results22220.0161375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691226.42227824.8
 
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