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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 “gnarring” 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.

29 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
gnarring1022597(None) 
garring93116711g_arring
gnarling10217601gnarling
barring104021592_barring
charring142913162charring
earring83519012_earring
garbing113613272g_arbing
gearing92818842gea_ring
glairing1047282glairing
glaring93714882gla_ring
gnashing1336422gnashing
gnawing12377902gna_wing
guarding1136522guarding
inarming1138342inarming
jarring153613192_jarring
marring103319552_marring
narking124015382_narking
parring103222062_parring
scarring112511512scarring
snarfing12358662snarfing
snaring83920952sna_ring
snarling92513182snarling
sparring113112222sparring
starring92312952starring
tarring83318302_tarring
unarming1138622unarming
unbarring1236062unbarring
unerring9311272unerring
warring113717972_warring

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059293.51334460.3
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691293.93545410.7
 
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