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

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92 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
preheater144891(None) 
preheated1539811preheated
preheaters1557191preheaters
pretheater1545541pretheater
reheater113413031_reheater
preheat12413892preheat__
preheats1339412preheat_s
presenter11311642presenter
preventer1438592preventer
reheated122415002_reheated
reheaters122010272_reheaters
repeater102615442_repeater
beefeater1443603beefeater
beheader1436043_beheader
cheater124816963__cheater
crabeater1345593crabeater
defeater122611663_defeater
freshwater1942533freshwater
greater84416493gr__eater
greeter82812673gre_e_ter
heater94828303___heater
overeater12312483overeater
perfecter1646043perfecter
permeate12311613permeate_
permeated1439363permeated
permeates13311773permeates
permeator1347403permeator
perverter1445563perverter
pleater93916333p__leater
prater84825353pr___ater
prealter1048863pre_alter
preaver121011613pr__eaver
precented14310693precented
precentor1348733precentor
preceptor1547323preceptor
predate10616893pre_date_
predated12513273pre_dated
predates11615813pre_dates
predator11310053pre_dator
predeath1447003predeat_h
predeaths1544743predeaths
predebate1446153predebate_
preener93114833pre_e_ner
prefacer1537983pre_facer
preferrer1443893preferrer
preheating16310723preheating
prelate9519693pre_late_
prelates10418573pre_lates
prelected1439123prelected
prelector1348093prelector
premerger1444903premerger
preparer12169643pre_parer
presager1138443pre_sager
presbyter1643733presbyter
presented12311633presented
presentee11411863presentee
presenters1239863presenters
preserver14127013preserver
prester93519623pr__ester
pretender1246663pretender
pretested12149113pretested
pretexted19135683pretexted
pretreated1347623pretreated
prevented1539003prevented
preventers1547393preventers
privater13158533pr_ivater
protecter13179103protecter
protester111510483protester
rebater93517913_re_bater
recenter102715443_recenter
reenter73217793_re_enter
rehear93713223_rehea__r
rehearser12265023_rehearser
reheat94423943_reheat__
reheats104513523_reheat_s
rejecter17258943_rejecter
relater73723143_re_later
releaser839503_releaser
reletter81311023_reletter
repealer103210703_repealer
repeated113117443_repeated
repeaters112811993_repeaters
repenter102813863_repenter
reseated93220263_reseated
resetter81511833_resetter
retreater9310203_retreater
revealer113110073_revealer
reverter114812873_reverter
seedeater1045973seedeater
superheater1646473superheater
theater104014253__theater
treater74219833tr__eater

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit148641926.75022020.9
3Display Results92920.0462000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691926.96925640.8
 
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