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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 “precancel” 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.

44 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
precancel154620(None) 
precancels1644061precancels
precancer1547091precancer
precanceled1852452precanceled
precancers1645252precancers
cancel105316683___cancel
penance11313443p_enance_
penanced1338163p_enanced
penances12312443p_enances
pencel103812923p_e__ncel
penoncel1244853p_enoncel
perchance1866393perchance_
prance104318573pr__ance_
pranced123714043pr__anced
prancer113613383pr__ancer
prances113618783pr__ances
preanal9310713pre_an_al
precalculi1651763precalculi
precanceling1952773precanceling
precancelled1951593precancelled
precaudal1443413precaudal
precavae1544813precavae_
precaval1544723preca_val
precented14310693precented
precinct1459423precinc_t
precincts1544993precincts
preconcert16147973preconcert
preface14510923prefa_ce_
prefaced1638423prefa_ced
prefacer1537983prefa_cer
prefaces15311063prefa_ces
prehandle1544533prehandle
prerace11414123prera_ce_
presence122213513presence_
presences132113793presences
pretence122312123pretence_
pretences132312613pretences
recane83022873_recan_e_
recaned102817203_recan_ed
recanes93222263_recan_es
recanted112513513_recanted
recanter101913153_recanter
rechannel1444323_rechannel
repanel939963_repan_el

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641447.89018839.2
3Display Results44440.0331333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691448.35921377.1
 
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