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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 “deforesting” 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.

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
deforesting165479(None) 
reforesting1546191reforesting
afforesting1852852afforesting
defrosting1544492def_rosting
foresting13311362__foresting
befretting1644793bef_retting
decongesting1753733decongesting
decorating14312073decor_ating
defeating142311973def__eating
defecting162510223def__ecting
deflecting1736503def_lecting
defocusing1752813defocus_ing
defocussing1861953defocussing
defoliating1645823defoliating
deforcing1636063defor__cing
deforest1238793deforest___
deforested1543843deforest_ed
deforests1344373deforest__s
deforming1636703defor__ming
dehorting1447213dehor__ting
deorbiting1445153de_orbiting
deporting1369593depor__ting
depressing1448093de_pressing
detesting112610323de__testing
devesting14249903de__vesting
reafforesting2051393reafforesting
rearresting1245963rearresting
refreshing1746063ref_reshing

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633285.56321864.6
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691285.96629951.6
 
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