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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 “pretenders” 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.

65 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
pretenders134524(None) 
pretender1246661pretender_
preeners102712812pre_en_ers
presenters1239862presenters
pretences132312612pretence_s
pretended1337192pretende_d
pretends11299112pretend__s
pretenses112210592pretense_s
preventers1547392preventers
provenders1644272provenders
attenders1045273_attenders
bartenders1344223bartenders
breeders11368893bre_e_ders
contenders1348623contenders
defenders1436363_defenders
degenders1236083_degenders
distenders12166733distenders
emenders11319033__emenders
extenders17125673_extenders
intenders10219373_intenders
prebendary1852273prebendary
prebends13347883prebend__s
precancers1645253precancers
precedes13310703prece_de_s
precensors1445463precensors
precentors1488343precentors
predinners1344223predinners
preener93114833pre_en_er_
preferrers1542983preferrers
preheaters1557193preheaters
preluders1234423pre_luders
preorders1235403pre_orders
presences132113793presence_s
presentees1247923presentees
presenter11311643presenter_
preservers15115693preservers
presiders1248213pre_siders
preteens1038123prete__ens
pretence122312123pretence__
pretend104011013pretend___
pretendedly1852423pretendedly
pretending1438613pretending
pretense10199823pretense__
preventer1438593preventer_
proceeders1543603proceeders
promenaders16102583promenaders
protecters14168253protecters
proteides12238783proteide_s
protended1336803protende_d
protends113010353protend__s
protesters12169383protesters
provender1544893provender_
reenters82915303_re_enters
refunders1334973_refunders
reminders12308653_reminders
renders83821673_r__enders
repenters112511553_repenters
retarders10227573_retarders
retempers1345023_retempers
retenes76324623_reten_e_s
revengers1336413_revengers
revenuers1235983_revenuers
rewinders13246503_rewinders
tenders83719723___tenders
weekenders1842263weekenders

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603656.87620448.4
3Display Results65650.0302166.7
 (SQL Overall)178691657.06225303.2
 
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