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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 “preprograming” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

27 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
preprograming216248(None) 
preprogramming2461841preprogramming
reprograming1863901_reprograming
deprograming1963362_deprograming
reprogramming2172922_reprogramming
deprogramming2262553_deprogramming
misprograming2161873misprograming
overprograming2362533overprograming
preprogram1754693preprogram___
preprogramed2062503preprogram_ed
preprogrammed2362013preprogrammed
preprograms1864113preprogram__s
programing1646313___programing
retrograding1553413_retrograding
misprogramming2161324misprogramming
overprogramming2671714overprogramming
perorating13313134p_e_ro_rating
preforming1846234pre_fo_r_ming
preprocessing2053554preprocessing
programings1753424___programings
programming1954204___programming
prorogating1556064pr_orog_ating
reprobating1647104_repro_bating
reprogram1456614_reprogram___
reprogramed1763764_reprogram_ed
reprogrammed2063014_reprogrammed
reprograms1556224_reprogram__s

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 Filter178691950240.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit95024274.84319620.9
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691275.24934042.9
 
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