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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 “prettifying” 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.

29 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
prettifying204400(None) 
petrifying1945822p_etrifying
prenotifying2153052prenotifying
prettying1536042prett__ying
rectifying1946372_rectifying
acetifying1944453ace_tifying
beatifying1945733_beatifying
brutifying1943413br_utifying
certifying1945313_certifying
fructifying2352373fructifying
gratifying1874213gr_atifying
identifying1943493identifying
metrifying1945683_metrifying
preachifying2652343preachifying
premodifying2452453premodifying
prenticing1547883prenti_cing
presifting1638083pre_sifting
pretrimming1843033pretrimming
prettified1644943prettif_ied
prettifier1543973prettif_ier
prettifies1545693prettif_ies
prettify1644343prettify___
ratifying1656823_r_atifying
reedifying1845243_reedifying
reifying1539383_re__ifying
renotifying1844183_renotifying
retestifying1993413_retestifying
reunifying1745163_reunifying
testifying1745403_testifying

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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633294.78025446.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691295.18634456.4
 
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