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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 “refereeing” 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.

49 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
refereeing144467(None) 
refeeding14247932refe_eding
refeeling13229312refe_eling
referencing1744492referencing
referring1338032refer_ring
refreezing2344412refreezing
decreeing1335523de_creeing
deferring1436143defer_ring
freeing113713913__f_reeing
preferring1645623prefer_ring
prefreezing2642873prefreezing
rebreeding1445423rebreeding
redeeming1337363rede_eming
reerecting1339973re_erecting
refecting152413353refe_cting
refelling132211313refe_lling
refencing15188853refe_ncing
referee101615753referee___
refereed12149693referee__d
referees111310413referee__s
referent112813423refer_e_nt
refiring123513923refir__ing
reflexing2035933ref_lexing
reforesting1546193reforesting
reforging1437663refor_ging
reforming1538563refor_ming
reframing1538623ref_raming
refreshing1746063refreshing
refrying15278903ref_r_ying
refueling13227973ref_ueling
regreening1246033regreening
regreeting1237343regreeting
reheeling13218263rehe_eling
remeeting12311433reme_eting
remerging1358323remer_ging
reperking1638703reper_king
rescreening1444083rescreening
reseeding112410493rese_eding
reseeing92412623r__eseeing
reseeking14208493rese_eking
reserving131110643reser_ving
reverbing15248593rever_bing
reverencing1743833reverencing
revering122918073rever__ing
reversing132611483rever_sing
reverting132315133rever_ting
rezeroing1935933rezer_oing
unfreeing1345103unf_reeing
weeweeing1641783we_eweeing

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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603496.82620598.2
3Display Results49490.0331484.8
 (SQL Overall)178691497.01525472.7
 
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