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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 “observing” 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.

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
observing154439(None) 
conserving1639762conserving
deserving1497902deserving
observant1444462observant
observingly2052472observingly
obsessing1244262obsessing
obverting1536302obverting
outserving1446742outserving
reobserving1742762reobserving
reserving131110642reserving
serving113014982__serving
subserving1644972subserving
abseiling1265343abseiling
absenting1236993absenting
absolving1543323absolving
absorbing1444483absorbing
absterging1453353absterging
asserting1038663asserting
berming123614833_b_erming
bowering142911713bower_ing
deserting11713143deserting
deservings1593663deservings
disserving15117013disserving
enserfing1345893enserfing
exserting1736663exserting
innerving1346503innerving
inserting10914243inserting
lobstering1345123lobster_ing
nerving112910833__nerving
obeying1336543ob_e_ying
objecting2144053objecting
obscuring1444023obscuring
obsecrating1644133obsecrating
observance17124043observance
observants1553363observants
observe1245333observ__e
observed1444383observ_ed
observer1344733observ_er
observers1443973observers
observes1346173observ_es
obtesting1245883obtesting
ochering14219393ocher_ing
offering1536393offer_ing
ordering1039353order_ing
overing111918053o_ver_ing
oystering1337563oyster_ing
preserving1637363preserving
serging93416673__serging
sering74731813__ser_ing
servings12249223__servings
sobering111912783sob_er_ing
swerving1546113_swerving
unnerving1336633unnerving
unswerving1743043unswerving

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 Filter1786911486410.450397091.1
2DLD Change Limit148641546.75322011.1
3Display Results54540.0134153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691547.21624763.2
 
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