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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 “backbiting” 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
backbiting214429(None) 
backbitings2252331backbitings
backdating2045722backdating
backfiring2243802backfiring
backfitting2353072backfitting
backlisting2043872backlisting
babbitting1443003ba_bbitting
backbit17129103backbit___
backbite1899173backbit__e
backbiter191786803backbit_er
backbiters2095583backbiters
backbites19108633backbit_es
backbitten2052893backbitten
backfilling2352613backfilling
backhoeing2243403backhoeing
backing165523443back___ing
backlighting2552473backlighting
backsliding2153203backsliding
backswing2144903back_swing
baiting103918883ba___iting
blackbirding2452003blackbirding
blacklisting2152233blacklisting
bracketing1945233brack_eting
bucketing1835713buck_eting
habiting1437533ha__biting
jacketing2345643jack_eting
packeting1836853pack_eting
rabbiting1445033ra_bbiting
racketing1647873rack_eting

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603295.67024797.7
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.10929250.5
 
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