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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 “messengering” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

25 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
messengering165192(None) 
messenger1243303messenger___
messengered1551493messenger_ed
messengers1342903messenger__s
misentering1446373m_isentering
misrendering1683303misrendering
befingering1843134be_fingering
decentering1546484de_centering
degendering1543634de_gendering
demergering1653594de_mergering
dissevering1664084disse_vering
endangering14133514_endangering
engendering1453084_engendering
lessening1045334lessen___ing
malingering1563194m_alingering
meandering1446984me__andering
mesenteric1453644me_senteri_c
mesenteries1345894me_senteries
mesenteron1252894me_senteron_
messaging1345344mess_ag__ing
missending1446494missen__ding
missteering1444454miss_teering
mongering13310354m___ongering
persevering1743254perse_vering
reentering1149984re__entering

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790256.73318534.1
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691257.13925030.3
 
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