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

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

39 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
apprehending215249(None) 
reprehending1973472reprehending
appending1536283app___ending
apprehend1743103apprehend___
apprehended2052163apprehend_ed
apprehends1852503apprehend__s
apprehension1992643apprehension
apprehensions20102463apprehensions
apprehensive2262573apprehensive
comprehending2462733comprehending
misapprehending2671163misapprehending
pretending1438613__pretending
unpretending1672833unpretending
apperceiving2251964apperceiving
appreciating1954084appreciating
apprehensible22131844apprehensible
apprehensibly25111674apprehensibly
apprenticing1962304apprenticing
barehanding1873484_barehanding
copresenting1754944copresenting
forefending1943494_forefending
paperhanging2151594paperhanging
perpending1646674_per_pending
portending1446194_por_tending
prebinding1696164__prebinding
preceding15129364__prece_ding
precenting151012154__precenting
preening113115844__pre_en_ing
prefunding1745234__prefunding
prehandling1853424__prehandling
preheating16310724__preheating
presenting131013024__presenting
preventing161210264__preventing
propending1646144__propending
protending1446814__protending
relending112412024___relending
remending132311314___remending
representing1555134representing
resending112313364___resending

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit124790398.62614466.7
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691398.79820310.4
 
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