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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 “scathingly” 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.

29 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
scathingly194330(None) 
scathing14269702scathing__
slashingly1743862slashingly
smashingly1943192smashingly
soothingly1743262soothingly
achingly1736613__achingly
calmingly1745613_calmingly
carpingly1736673_carpingly
crashingly1964083crashingly
cuttingly1545363_cuttingly
dashingly1745163_dashingly
gratingly1437393grat_ingly
pratingly1538363prat_ingly
savingly1537313s_a_vingly
scatteringly1872493scatteringly
scatting113311813scatting__
scorchingly2252063scorchingly
scowlingly1942953scowlingly
scything17264883scything__
searchingly2042843searchingly
searingly1338273sea_ringly
shingly143210813s___hingly
slantingly1445143slantingly
soaringly1337273soa_ringly
sparingly1537283spa_ringly
staringly1337973sta_ringly
startlingly1542763startlingly
swathing15248713swathing__
swishingly2042903swishingly

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603296.22022605.0
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691296.63926915.3
 
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