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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 “forwarding” 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.

35 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
forwarding184349(None) 
forearming1644192forearming
forewarning1842782forewarning
awarding1356043__awarding
boarding123110233bo__arding
bombarding1843833bombarding
corrading1338203corra_ding
farding123716743f___arding
foraging1358063for_a_ging
foraying1537433for_a_ying
forbearing1644803forbear_ing
forbidding1843063forbidding
forboding1645143for_boding
fording123717043fo___rding
foreboding1744213foreboding
forfending1844183forfending
formatting1644163formatting
forsaking1745173forsa_king
forswearing1852323forswear_ing
forward1438293forward___
forwarded1743943forward_ed
forwarder1644133forward_er
forwarders1743443forwarders
forwardest1753443forwardest
forwardly1942753forward_ly
forwards1537043forward__s
hoarding13288643ho__arding
mortaring1237943mortar_ing
pollarding1444233pollarding
poniarding1443363poniarding
rewarding14148833_rewarding
stewarding1543523stewarding
swarding1359003__swarding
unrewarding1642893unrewarding
warding123918143___warding

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603356.11023011.9
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691356.54627297.7
 
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