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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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107 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
begirding143433(None) 
begirdling1542191begirdling
bearding124011942be_arding
beginning1344612beginning
begriming1545532begriming
bemiring13239602bemir_ing
betiding1239912beti_ding
birding114014922b__irding
engirding1244152engirding
girding103611882__girding
regarding12149152regarding
regilding1236122regilding
ungirding1245152ungirding
upgirding1442372upgirding
weirding1335592we_irding
barding113822893b__arding
beading113221863be__ading
bearing103624773be_ar_ing
becriming1646363becriming
becursing1435453becursing
bedding124114483be__dding
bedimming1743643bedimming
bedirtying1742723bedirtying
befitting15236623befitting
begalling13216493begalling
begazing2136633beg_azing
begetting13186583begetting
beggaring1435183beggaring
begging123012653beg__ging
beginnings1441703beginnings
begird1036823begird___
begirded1334173begird_ed
begirdle1253203begird_le
begirdled1442403begirdled
begirdles1342493begirdles
begirds1134883begird__s
begladding1642663begladding
begrimming1842573begrimming
begrudging1642333begrudging
beguiling1334853beguiling
begulfing1642843begulfing
beheading1636163beheading
beholding1634233beholding
bekissing1643503bekissing
belauding1335463belauding
believing1535283believing
bemisting1438073bemisting
bemixing20226523bemi_xing
bending114420893be__nding
beriming13310463beri_ming
berming123614833be__rming
berrying14137383be_rrying
besieging1344763besieging
bestirring1343993bestirring
bestriding1446003bestriding
bewaring14279493bewar_ing
bewigging1743443bewigging
beworming1734553beworming
bidding123613513b__idding
biding104720793b__i_ding
binding113819383b__inding
birdings12378823b__irdings
birling104317053b__irling
birring103713063b__irring
blinding123210163b_linding
boarding123110233b_oarding
bogarting1334653bogarting
braiding123112703brai_ding
brigading1445143brigading
building1237503b_uilding
deairing10311893deair_ing
debriding1446483debriding
deciding132210833deci_ding
degerming1435753degerming
degrading13137373degrading
deriding112512933deri_ding
desiring10312143desir_ing
eliding93414343_eli_ding
engilding1244483engilding
engirdling1342303engirdling
gilding103813003__gilding
girdling1146823__girdling
girning93210693__girning
girting93113333__girting
griding103014973__griding
hagriding1544733hagriding
heiring113312903he_ir_ing
herding122915123he__rding
overgirding17105643overgirding
rebidding14275463rebidding
rebinding13249483rebinding
recording131311623recording
refinding14259943refinding
refiring123513923refir_ing
regiving13269713regi_ving
regorging1236823regorging
regrading121210203regrading
regrinding1335703regrinding
rehiring122911883rehir_ing
reminding132311543reminding
residing103015473resi_ding
retarding111110653retarding
retiring92717413retir_ing
rewarding14148833rewarding
rewinding14238933rewinding
rewiring122911223rewir_ing
rewording14158543rewording

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit1486411076.53322752.3
3Display Results1071070.0462326.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911076.98525582.1
 
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