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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 “preferences” 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.

33 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
preferences187618(None) 
preference1776981preference_
references1589351_references
deferences1677872_deferences
precedences1845512precedences
reference14810092_reference_
referenced1676862_referenced
reverences1579172_reverences
conferences1898813conferences
deference1578493_deference_
differences2054913differences
inferences15410343_inferences
irreverences1752923irreverences
misreferences20102093misreferences
precedence1746113precedence_
precedencies1953723precedencies
preerects1345413pre_ere_cts
preferments1844743prefermen_ts
prefinances1875013prefinances
prefreezes2441993pref_reezes
presciences17127273presciences
presences132113793pr__esences
presentences1655693presentences
pretences132312613pr__etences
prevalences1845093prevalences
refences13311843_ref__ences
referees111310413_refere__es
referents12259643_referen_ts
refluences1545513_refluences
reverence14710163_reverence_
reverenced1676313_reverenced
reverencer1575723_reverencer
reverencers1673323_reverencers

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121633335.83020863.3
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691335.98629851.5
 
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