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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 “alarmingly” 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.

38 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
alarmingly164324(None) 
alarming1138582alarming__
charmingly2143412charmingly
flamingly1845022fla_mingly
flaringly1646252flar_ingly
glaringly1445822glar_ingly
adoringly1445423ador_ingly
alarmedly1542443alarm_edly
alaruming1243713alaruming__
alluringly1443413alluringly
amazingly2444133ama_zingly
beamingly1745843bea_mingly
blazingly2444473bla_zingly
blurringly1643133blurringly
calmingly1745613_calmingly
carpingly1736673_carpingly
clankingly2043303clankingly
daringly1348573_dar_ingly
darlingly1436043_darlingly
dartingly1436943_dartingly
disarmingly1853413disarmingly
flaggingly1942823flaggingly
glancingly1742873glancingly
jarringly2045193_jarringly
lastingly1337233_lastingly
luringly1237323_lur_ingly
lurkingly1744573_lurkingly
roaringly1336453roar_ingly
searingly1338273sear_ingly
slantingly1445143slantingly
slashingly1743863slashingly
soaringly1337273soar_ingly
sparingly1537283spar_ingly
staringly1337973star_ingly
varyingly1944683_varyingly
warningly1635513_warningly
wearingly1636413wear_ingly
yearningly1743383yearningly

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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603386.59621316.4
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691386.76526414.0
 
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