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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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142 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
bestowing153580(None) 
besnowing1544121besnowing
bestrowing1644371bestrowing
bellowing1547192bellowing
besmoking18114612besmoking
besotting12256872besotting
besting104923922best__ing
bestrewing1643772bestrewing
reshowing1646632reshowing
resowing123111522res_owing
restoking1438192restoking
restoring10314612restoring
stowing113315132__stowing
basting104227203bast__ing
batwing13509813b_at_wing
beaconing1436633beaconing
beating104326873beat__ing
beckoning1845773beckoning
beclowning1843423beclowning
becoming1538163be_coming
becrowding1943383becrowding
bedewing1537143be_dewing
beeswing14255763be_eswing
beetling1139283beet_ling
befooling1535053befooling
behooving1843743behooving
behoving1734913be_hoving
behowling1843683be_howling
belting104119133belt__ing
berthing14209603bert_hing
bescouring1584643bescouring
beseeming1435143beseeming
besetting12268423besetting
beshadowing2191873beshadowing
beshaming1735673beshaming
beshouting1644023beshouting
beshrewing1942883beshrewing
besieging1344763besieging
besliming1435493besliming
besmiling1436263besmiling
besoothing1693163besoothing
bespousing1553413bespousing
besteading1446033besteading
bestirring1343993bestirring
bestow1149463bestow___
bestowal1344513bestow_al
bestowals1443223bestowals
bestowed14156623bestow_ed
bestower13126213bestow_er
bestowers14135333bestowers
bestows1248863bestow__s
bestriding1446003bestriding
bestrown1345203bestrow_n_
bestudding1542653bestudding
betaking153010153be_taking
betiding1239913be_tiding
bettering122212753bettering
betting103921403be_t_ting
billowing1545873billowing
bishoping1744283bishoping
bitewing1435293b_itewing
blowing133813053b__lowing
borrowing1544563borrowing
bosoming1336643bos_oming
bottoming1444433bottoming
bowing124723063b___owing
bowwowing1742133bowwowing
burrowing1544473burrowing
busting104221793bust__ing
bustling112110063bust_ling
buttoning1246463buttoning
destining11311433destining
destroying1564903destroying
detoxing1736313de_toxing
elbowing1435013_elbowing
embowing1636243_embowing
endowing13178173_endowing
escoting1158713_escoting
escrowing1544813_escrowing
estating92614993_estating
estopping1434793_estopping
fellowing1655923fellowing
festering132413173festering
festooning1444493festooning
gestating11229983gestating
gesturing1136653gesturing
hectoring1538303hectoring
jesting154317713jest__ing
kotowing1634013_kotowing
kowtowing2042123kowtowing
leftwing1532973left_wing
lesioning1046443lesioning
lessoning1044773lessoning
mellowing1545893mellowing
mentoring1239543mentoring
meowing1368593me__owing
nesting84320443nest__ing
nestling958893nest_ling
pastoring12310853pastoring
pestering122315663pestering
pestling111010253pest_ling
pistoling1268493pistoling
preshowing1944473preshowing
prestoring13310303prestoring
reavowing1634863reavowing
reflowing1636523reflowing
reglowing1436173reglowing
regrowing1436673regrowing
replowing1537413replowing
resawing122311433res_awing
rescoring12310603rescoring
resewing122712263res_ewing
reshoeing1336593reshoeing
resoling92916303res_oling
restaging112410853restaging
restating102319413restating
resting85031183rest__ing
restocking1745703restocking
restring91518783rest_ring
restyling1337923restyling
scowing133812093__scowing
sectoring1239583sectoring
showing143814663__showing
slowing112814743__slowing
snowing113913453__snowing
sowing104222913__s_owing
stewing113412493__stewing
stoking123615593__stoking
stoning83717443__stoning
stoping103716623__stoping
storing83921123__storing
strowing122310563__strowing
testing86021053test__ing
towing103823193___towing
vectoring1537413vectoring
vesting114618683vest__ing
vesturing1337203vesturing
vetoing11309053ve_to_ing
westering132112643westering
westing115020273west__ing
yellowing1655073yellowing
zesting174515333zest__ing

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit1486411426.67022285.0
3Display Results1421420.0632254.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911427.16924925.5
 
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