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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 “complicating” 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.

26 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
complicating214563(None) 
complecting2045762complec_ting
complication2048202complication
complications2147432complications
implicating1855742_implicating
colligating1545713co_lligating
collimating1645433co_llimating
collocating1645913co_llocating
colocating1548623co__locating
communicating2254873communicating
compacting19177093comp_ac_ting
compensating1955003compensating
completing1748423compl__eting
complicacies1962793complicacies
complicate1847623complicat__e
complicated2046093complicat_ed
complicates1947053complicat_es
complicities2055963complicities
complimenting2252863complimenting
complotting18124263compl_otting
conflicting1944723conflic_ting
duplicating1745403_duplicating
explicating2356123_explicating
replicating1649093_replicating
supplicating1953743supplicating
triplicating1753823triplicating

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 Filter178691950240.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit95024263.42327760.4
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691263.79547085.9
 
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