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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forsearing” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

24 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
searing8333092(None) 
bearing103624771bearing
earing75235481_earing
fearing113520031fearing
gearing92818841gearing
hearing113324161hearing
nearing83020331nearing
rearing83128781rearing
scaring103421971scaring
sealing83528561sealing
seaming103222111seaming
seating84130681seating
sering74731811se_ring
sharing113723241sharing
shearing123915901shearing
smearing113511751smearing
snaring83920951snaring
soaring83521891soaring
sparing104823871sparing
spearing113216101spearing
staring84527051staring
swearing123711441swearing
tearing84021491tearing
wearing113318861wearing

Search took 2 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 Filter178691695830.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit69583241.09363662.4
3Display Results24240.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691241.203148537.8