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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 “prefects” 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.

37 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
prefects159813(None) 
perfects15107351perfects
praefects1642871praefects
prefect141011071prefect_
prelects1299721prelects
refects124012741_refects
defects134511522_defects
perfect141010832perfect_
perfecta15115202perfecta
perfectas16135072perfectas
perfecto15105742perfecto
perfectos16106072perfectos
praefect1544772praefect_
praelects1354352praelects
preacts113211362pre_acts
precents123015042precents
precepts14268892precepts
predicts1339612predicts
preelects1356082preelects
preerects1345412preerects
prefaces15311062prefaces
prefers123713332prefe_rs
prefocus1544742prefocus
preheats1339412preheats
prelect111013832prelect_
presents103315642presents
presets94216422prese_ts
pretests10310012pretests
pretexts1735602pretexts
prevents133012292prevents
projects1936412projects
prosects1239472prosects
protects1239742protects
refect114319332_refect_
reflects13288872_reflects
rejects163910692_rejects
resects94115592_resects

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059373.47034887.3
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691373.87346137.6
 
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