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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 “prefer” 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.

66 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
prefer11381320(None) 
prefers123713331prefers
preyer114413731preyer
refer84822141_refer
brewer114812552brewer
briefer1235562briefer
defer94619752_defer
freer86021242fre_er
greyer104510092greyer
liefer9529572liefer
peeler83517382peeler
peeper103614802peeper
peer66238352p_e_er
perter84422282perter
peter74427592p_eter
piecer105213082piecer
pilfer1139162pilfer
prater84825352prater
prayer114815292prayer
preaver121011612preaver
pree67044732pre_e_
preed85128122pre_ed
preen75925052pre_en
preener93114832preener
prees75937172pre_es
prefab1336242prefab
prefacer1537982prefacer
prefect141011072prefect
prefire124012812prefire
prefix18356852prefix
preform1439622preform
premed114617762premed
premen105017802premen
premier113515632premier
prese75228382prese_
preset84430982preset
presser93717622presser
prester93519622prester
preterm11310162preterm
pretor8315752pretor
preverb14317062preverb
prewar114712582prewar
prexes154915952prexes
preyed125313202preyed
preyers124412362preyers
prezes173614692prezes
pricer103918292pricer
prier75027762pr_ier
primer105118682primer
prizer174714882prizer
prober104516072prober
proffer15126932proffer
proofer12149102proofer
proper104319952proper
proser84223462proser
prover113819722prover
prower114218122prower
pruner83413462pruner
pryer104415312pr_yer
puffer144610732puffer
reefer93314362reefer
refed93921922_refed
refel84920812_refel
refers93921082_refers
rifer84721982_rifer
ureter6313202ureter

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551662.62331472.0
3Display Results66660.0332000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691662.99959583.5
 
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