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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 “preyed” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

85 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
preyed12531320(None) 
greyed114610601greyed
prayed124815431prayed
preed85128121pre_ed
premed114617761premed
preyer114413731preyer
brayed124615782brayed
breed85526692bre_ed
brewed125411872brewed
creed85727392cre_ed
creped114115702creped
crewed125316562crewed
drayed115911392drayed
dreed75222842dre_ed
eyed86623232__eyed
fleyed13408812fleyed
frayed135012162frayed
freed95223542fre_ed
gleyed11478152gleyed
grayed115415642grayed
greed75125692gre_ed
greyer104510092greyer
keyed1369392_keyed
obeyed1235822obeyed
parleyed1436242parleyed
payed115925932p_ayed
peed76239182p_e_ed
peeked134314582peeked
peeled94119712peeled
peened94318162peened
peeped113915392peeped
peered93819492peered
peeved124112892peeved
perked134617692perked
permed115217352permed
pieced113912102pieced
played124815032played
ployed124310562ployed
popeyed1535712popeyed
prated94924922prated
prayer114815292prayer
preaged11612332preaged
prebend12319442prebend
prebid113512842prebid
precede1239652precede
pree67044732pre_e_
preen75925052pre_en
preened103214992preened
prees75937172pre_es
prefer113813202prefer
premeds12389592premeds
premen105017802premen
prepped11329902prepped
prese75228382prese_
preset84430982preset
pressed103317312pressed
pretend104011012pretend
pretyped16306122pretyped
prevued1337142prevued
prexes154915952prexes
prey96228482prey__
preyers124412362preyers
preys105717782prey_s
prezes173614692prezes
priced115018882priced
prided103618032prided
pried84426862pr_ied
primed115118912primed
prised94322202prised
prized184415392prized
probed114114822probed
prosed94921092prosed
proved125016032proved
pruned93413112pruned
pryer104415312pr_yer
pureed95017812pure_ed
purveyed1743362purveyed
rayed95127502_rayed
reded74829122_reded
redyed114611242_redyed
reed55549622_re_ed
refed93921922_refed
rewed95425452_rewed
sprayed13398902sprayed
treed65626732tre_ed

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551852.31035736.4
3Display Results85850.0332575.8
 (SQL Overall)178691852.70366108.4
 
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