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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 “approaching” 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.

54 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
approaching216245(None) 
reproaching1944302reproaching
appraising1545763appr_aising
approach1743763approach___
approached2062363approach_ed
approaches1943323approach_es
approbating1844583approbating
approving1745053appro__ving
broaching17287663__broaching
encroaching1942993encroaching
poaching163510833__p_oaching
preaching172811163__preaching
roaching143210433___roaching
upreaching1844113_upreaching
abreacting1544534a_breacting
antipoaching2052254antipoaching
appalling1444924app__alling
appealing1446494app_ea_ling
appearing1436894app_ea_ring
appeasing1446344app_ea_sing
appertaining1752514appertaining
applauding1642104app_lauding
appointing1545324app_ointing
apposing1337404app_o__sing
apprising1447964appr__ising
apprizing2347194appr__izing
approachable2362254approachable
aproning11311794a_pro__ning
arching136216694a__r__ching
attaching1545434a__ttaching
attracting1346564attr_acting
avouching1843274a__vouching
breaching17269404__breaching
coaching164011964___coaching
crouching1746384__crouching
grouching1644944__grouching
impeaching2043374imp_eaching
outcoaching1943444outcoaching
outpreaching2042344outpreaching
outreaching1744914outreaching
overcoaching2344504overcoaching
parching164313054_par__ching
peaching163613644__p_eaching
perching163711634_per__ching
pleaching17257084__pleaching
pooching16328984__p_ooching
pouching163210414__p_ouching
preacting142412534__preacting
reaching143317204___reaching
reproachingly2461514reproachingly
retroacting1447284retroacting
scrooching1843324_scrooching
splotching1842864_splotching
uppropping1352564uppro_pping

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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819548.01618565.2
3Display Results54540.0331636.4
 (SQL Overall)178691548.46921099.4
 
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