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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 “referencing” 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.

26 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
referencing174449(None) 
reverencing1743831reverencing
refencing15188852ref__encing
refereeing1444672refere_eing
conferencing2053853conferencing
defencing16226693def__encing
differencing2252633differencing
recementing1645223recementing
reerecting1339973re_erecting
refeeding14247933refe_e_ding
refeeling13229313refe_e_ling
reference14810093referenc__e
referenced1676863referenc_ed
references1589353referenc_es
referential1454683referential
referring1338033refer__ring
refinancing1742833refinancing
reforesting1546193reforesting
refreezing2344413ref_reezing
refreshing1746063ref_reshing
refronting1437273ref_ronting
regreening1246033regreen_ing
rerenting102617663r__erenting
resentencing1563013resentencing
reservicing1753423reservicing
retrenching1743923re_trenching

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633265.25023168.2
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691265.65631593.2
 
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