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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 “grieving” 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.

30 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
grieving138589(None) 
aggrieving1681482aggrieving
briefing1436942briefing
driving123910712dri_ving
gieing83614852g_ie_ing
giving114313882g_i_ving
graving123114562gr_aving
greeing93613782gr_eeing
greening103112532greening
greeting103112352greeting
greying124110892gr_eying
griding103014972gri_ding
grievant1244802grievant
grifting13299262grifting
grilling103811532grilling
griming113612492gri_ming
grinding1139862grinding
grinning1037862grinning
griping113012062gri_ping
gripping14277542gripping
gritting10309982gritting
grooving13286712grooving
grueling1078272grueling
reeving113717662_reeving
reiving113316842_reiving
riving104521422_ri_ving
scrieving1534132scrieving
shrieving1633972shrieving
sieving112311232_sieving
thieving1535142thieving

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 Filter1786911210590.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121059303.56333976.7
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.71948048.1
 
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