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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 “defending” 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.

28 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
defending1529835(None) 
defencing16226691defencing
defensing14217001defensing
defunding15216121defunding
depending14208781depending
deafening1476272deafen_ing
deeding103315122de_e_ding
defanging1535332defanging
defeating142311972defeating
defecting162510222defecting
defendant1445442defendant
deferring1436142deferring
defining133711802defin_ing
deleading1237772deleading
demanding14237922demanding
dementing13311042dementing
desanding12207652desanding
descending1546112descending
emending12298892_emending
fending123717602__fending
offending1744092offending
refeeding14247932refeeding
refencing15188852refencing
refinding14259942refinding
refunding14258072refunding
relending112412022relending
remending132311312remending
resending112313362resending

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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436283.14038673.9
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691283.54650392.3
 
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