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

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

80 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
breading12351546(None) 
beading113221861b_eading
breaking153914251breaking
breaming133612511breaming
breeding123411841breeding
dreading113712801dreading
reading93327211_reading
treading103515331treading
abrading1239502abr_ading
arcading1239762arcading
beadings123711782b_eadings
beaming123618802b_eaming
beaning103820682b_eaning
bearding124011942b_earding
bearing103624772b_earing
beating104326872b_eating
bedding124114482b_edding
beheading1636162beheading
bending114420892b_ending
beraking153612972beraking
berating113220762berating
bereaving1537572bereaving
bielding12237472bielding
blading113615362b_lading
blearing113111942blearing
bleating113514502bleating
bleeding12359052bleeding
blending12249962blending
bracing123817612br_acing
bradding13268932bradding
braiding123112702braiding
braking143917712br_aking
branding122513682branding
braving133714612br_aving
braying134416312br_aying
brazing193715112br_azing
breaching17269402breaching
breadline1246272breadline
breakings16297062breakings
breasting1239582breasting
breathing15218372breathing
breedings13375762breedings
breezing20368132breezing
brewing133411152bre_wing
brigading1445142brigading
brocading1556252brocading
brooding122911372brooding
creaking153414122creaking
creaming133413142creaming
creasing113314442creasing
creating113921952creating
dreaming124011062dreaming
freaking163611452freaking
grading103918712gr_ading
greasing102811392greasing
heading122919112_heading
kneading1436372kneading
leading93419552_leading
pleading123011442pleading
prefading16149032prefading
readding11411362_readding
readings103512642_readings
readying13410222_readying
reaming103924012_reaming
reaping103621212_reaping
rearing83128782_rearing
reaving113820532_reaving
redding103218512_redding
reding83825562_re_ding
reeding94124132_reeding
rending93924262_rending
rereading111212712rereading
spreading1339652spreading
steading103613592steading
threading14107592threading
trading93517972tr_ading
treadling1137502treadling
treating92519612treating
trending103012832trending
wreaking163010212wreaking

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059803.31336540.6
3Display Results80800.0302666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691803.74947663.6
 
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