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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 “predraft” 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.

53 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
predraft144759(None) 
redraft11310571_redraft
redrafts1235602_redrafts
regraft11310152_regraft
draft95526683___draft
indraft1199573_indraft
overdraft1646713overdraft
pedant9319493p_ed_ant
pederast1158593p_ederast
preact103220393pre__act
preadapt1346863preadapt
precast11314853pre_cast
precrash1544823precrash
predate10616893pred_ate
predawn1335353pred_awn
predeath1447003predeath
predial103815413predia_l
predicant1449393predicant
predict12315323pred_ict
predried12309573predried
predries112714383predries
predrill1145933predrill
predry1237873predr__y
preenact12410183preenact
preerect1259273preerect
prefrank1764233prefrank
pregnant1149883pregnant
preheat12413893prehea_t
preoral9312673preora_l
preplant12712913preplant
preprint12314183preprint
prerace11414123pre_race
preriot9316413pre_riot
presift12312223pre_sift
pretrain10310923pretrain
pretreat10311923pretreat
prewrap14104973prewra_p
prewraps15114053prewraps
protract12510603protract
redact9419043_red_act
redbait1039803_redbait
redrafted1435143_redrafted
redraw10269853_redra_w
redrawn11245953_redrawn
redraws11218473_redraws
redreamt11127183_redreamt
redroot8312903_redroot
refract121311603_refract
regrafts1235303_regrafts
regrant8317323_regrant
retract91318113_retract
rewrapt12138113_rewrapt
updraft1346033_updraft

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162536.76621602.4
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691537.21824756.3
 
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