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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 “prehandle” 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.

31 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
prehandle154453(None) 
prehandled1743631prehandled
prehandles1644181prehandles
rehandle1246171_rehandle
panhandle1543362panhandle
rehandled1444762_rehandled
rehandles1345592_rehandles
handle104219293___handle
manhandle1543753manhandle
mishandle1544223mishandle
outhandle1374203outhandle
overhandle1744123overhandle
panhandled1772623panhandled
panhandler1652543panhandler
panhandles1643273panhandles
preamble1436383pre_amble
preanal9310713pre_anal_
prebade12310283preba_d_e
prebattle1343013prebattle
precancel1546203precancel
prefade1339013prefa_d_e
pregnable1456693pregnable
prehandling1853423prehandling
preharden15104823preharden
prehensile1544663prehensile
premade12311443prema_d_e
presale9416353presa__le
rekindle1344643_rekindle
repandly1445023_repandly
resaddle10115223_resaddle
treadle8310103tre_a_dle

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911486410.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit148641318.61017263.8
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691319.09619645.0
 
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