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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 “instancing” 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.

32 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
instancing134464(None) 
distancing1447082distancing
inspanning1343202inspanning
installing1146402installing
instancies1246612instancies
instarring1144062instarring
instating10812212insta_ting
enhancing1545823en_hancing
ensconcing1543033ensconcing
entrancing1346783entrancing
financing1544073fin__ancing
incanting1289903in_canting
inlacing1158373in_la_cing
insnaring1046313insna_ring
instance1049883instanc__e
instanced1245703instanc_ed
instances1148753instanc_es
instancy1346573instanc__y
instilling1145803instilling
instructing1446293instructing
inswathing1742973inswathing
intending1139983in_tending
intoning9311123in_ton_ing
islanding1135623i_slanding
stanching1538083__stanching
standing103413633__standing
stanging104013653__stanging
staning83922243__stan_ing
unstacking1744993unstacking
unstating10711213unsta_ting
unstinting1147303unstinting
upstanding1443713upstanding

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911406030.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit140603328.53316477.6
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691328.95219961.0
 
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