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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 “cathecting” 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.

41 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
cathecting184483(None) 
cacheting1737152cache_ting
cathectic1545242cathecti_c
advecting1645113_advecting
affecting1845233_affecting
atheling1249203_athe_ling
attesting1036383_attesting
cachectic1443203cachecti_c
carpeting1439483carpe_ting
caseating12311743ca_seating
casketing1635383caske_ting
catching163712773cat__ching
catechin1546813cat_echin_
catechins1646643cat_echins
catenating1348683catenating
catering112019903cat_e_ring
catfacing1744553catfac_ing
cathect1439863cathect___
cathected1744543cathect_ed
cathects1545793cathect__s
cathepsin1643603cathepsin_
cathepsins1753363cathepsins
catheptic1844903cathepti_c
catting103922643cat___ting
caveating1539293ca_veating
cheating144014523c__heating
checking20379203c__hecking
coattesting1443453coattesting
coerecting15218783coerecting
collecting1548283collecting
confecting18310553confecting
connecting15310383connecting
convecting18310433convecting
correcting15199303correcting
detecting13259983det_ecting
fathering161010093fathe_ring
gathering1499463gathe_ring
lathering13912253lathe_ring
patenting1248943pat_enting
racheting1537793rache_ting
ratcheting1643783ratche_ting

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603417.15619648.3
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691417.59223536.7
 
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