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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 “covering” 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.

56 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
covering14221572(None) 
cohering142413831cohering
coverings15217891coverings
coveting141912301coveting
cowering142514031cowering
hovering151911141hovering
overing111918051_overing
bowering142911712bowering
capering132414962capering
catering112019902catering
caverning1536282caverning
cering94522532c__ering
cheering143612702cheering
clavering1538372clavering
cockering1839692cockering
coercing1349002co_ercing
coffering1838042coffering
coloring11414842coloring
compering163414162compering
convening15311192convening
converging1758092converging
conversing16310542conversing
converting16313132converting
conveying1838322conveying
cooeeing1137452cooeeing
cooeying1438142cooeying
coopering142611322coopering
coppering162810892coppering
coring94433962co__ring
cornering12311892cornering
coshering15510022coshering
covarying1844132covarying
coversine1459702coversine
coving124321522cov__ing
cozening20188302cozening
dovening13238352dovening
dowering132510612dowering
fevering152510082fevering
governing1435532governing
havering152211052havering
homering141512072homering
hoovering1635752hoovering
hoveling15189592hoveling
levering122212502levering
livering122012382livering
lowering122210912lowering
ochering14219392ochering
powering142210802powering
recovering1647372recovering
revering122918072revering
rogering10310272rogering
severing122013852severing
sobering111912782sobering
towering122610872towering
uncovering1645292uncovering
wavering152410542wavering

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 Filter1786911210590.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit121059567.11017026.6
3Display Results56560.0461217.4
 (SQL Overall)178691567.57623586.5
 
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