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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 “prefrontals” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

34 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
prefrontals165152(None) 
prefrontal1552601prefrontal_
confrontals1652663confrontals
frontals1146273___frontals
refronts1137773_refront__s
confrontal1553784confrontal_
forefronts1643524forefront__s
frontal1038364___frontal_
peroneal1049174p_e_roneal_
personals11238574p_erson_als
petronels1146064p_etron_els
piperonals1453184piperon_als
precoital1347274pre_coital_
precontact1655214pre_contact
preferential1753874preferential_
preformats1744414pref_ormats
prefranks1862994prefran__ks
pregrowths1951364pregrowt_hs
preprints1347474preprint__s
preprograms1864114preprograms
prerectal1345694pre_rectal_
prerenal1049084pre_ren_al_
presignals1363844presign_als
pretrials1158144pretr__ials
rearousals1052684_rearousals
recountals1243284_recountals
refront10313264_refront___
refronted1336054_refront_ed
refronting1437274_refronting
refutals1165504_ref__utals
regionals10286414_region_als
rentals74017474_re___ntals
reprovals1444884_repro_vals
retotals838464_re_to_tals

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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819348.34317837.6
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691348.78220347.4
 
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