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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 “gnawing” 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.

54 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
gnawing1237790(None) 
gnawings13263771gnawings
snawing113612481snawing
awing96827322__awing
blawing134012752blawing
cawing124322612_cawing
chawing164813032chawing
clawing133812672clawing
dawing114819822_dawing
drawing123812052drawing
flawing143812562flawing
gaeing84617222g_aeing
gaging94718402g_aging
gaming104622042g_aming
ganging103216192ganging
gaping105618922g_aping
gating84826952g_ating
gawking16398822g_awking
gawping14418462g_awping
gazing174717172g_azing
gearing92818842gearing
glaring93714882glaring
glazing183611002glazing
glowing123211792glowing
gnarling10217602gnarling
gnarring10225972gnarring
gnashing1336422gnashing
gnawingly1763932gnawingly
gnawn9517782gnaw_n_
goading103112852goading
goaling93515332goaling
gracing113216442gracing
grading103918712grading
grating93923182grating
graving123114562graving
graying124115882graying
grazing183514552grazing
growing123512472growing
hawing134322352_hawing
jawing174414962_jawing
knowing15287682knowing
lawing104625282_lawing
mawing124020802_mawing
naming93917892_naming
pawing124519552_pawing
sawing104323812_sawing
shawing143514882shawing
snaking123915302snaking
snaring83920952snaring
snowing113913452snowing
tawing104521552_tawing
thawing14378682thawing
unaging9510932unaging
yawing134215612_yawing

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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671543.43631336.1
3Display Results54540.0331636.4
 (SQL Overall)178691543.87546113.8
 
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