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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 “defecting” 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.

38 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
defecting16251022(None) 
defeating142311971defeating
defecating17237781defecating
deflecting1736501deflecting
dejecting20217791dejecting
detecting13259981detecting
refecting152413351refecting
affecting1845232affecting
decocting1538122decocting
deducting1436842deducting
defacing15238682defac_ing
defatting1436102defatting
defection151610642defection
defections161510202defections
defective1848002defective
defencing16226692defencing
defending15298352defending
defensing14217002defensing
deferring1436142deferring
deflating142610712deflating
deleting103314422dele_ting
dementing13311042dementing
depicting1537812depicting
deserting11713142deserting
detesting112610322detesting
devesting14249902devesting
directing1338822directing
effecting1845582effecting
ejecting18268162_ejecting
electing112113782_electing
erecting112415062_erecting
infecting15109672infecting
perfecting1847512perfecting
redefecting1844372redefecting
reflecting1638822reflecting
rejecting192211152rejecting
resecting122816482resecting
selecting12310532selecting

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911214360.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121436383.65633215.5
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691384.07543850.6
 
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