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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 “shadowing” 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.

92 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
shadowing174426(None) 
beshadowing2191872beshadowing
shading123115562shad__ing
shadowier1642892shadowier
shadowily1982022shadowily
shallowing1744112shallowing
shamoying1844522shamoying
shawing143514882sha__wing
showing143814662sh__owing
adoring9412523__adoring
avowing1466603__avowing
chawing164813033cha__wing
chowing164412773ch__owing
dadoing1038523_dado_ing
dowing114221513___dowing
endowing13178173_endowing
hading113922943_had__ing
hallowing1676943_hallowing
haloing113814133_halo_ing
harrowing1646433_harrowing
hawing134322353_ha__wing
indowing13198083_indowing
miaowing1434593mia_owing
pshawing1733523psha__wing
reavowing1634863reavowing
saddling11239593s_addling
sallowing1357383sallowing
savoring1269483s_avoring
sawing104323813s_a__wing
scowing133812093s__cowing
seagoing1038193seago_ing
seasoning1037413seasoning
shacking184014083sha_cking
shackling19286173shackling
shadings13327433shad__ings
shadow1337253shadow___
shadowbox2551363shadowbox
shadowboxing296583shadowboxing
shadowed1644473shadow_ed
shadower1544863shadow_er
shadowers1644303shadowers
shadowiest1742803shadowiest
shadowiness1842113shadowiness
shadowlike2151633shadowlike
shadows1437193shadow__s
shadowy1744723shadow__y
shafting15278683sha_fting
shagging14349053sha_gging
shaking153317253sha__king
shambling1735593shambling
shaming133016743sha__ming
shamming16289413sha_mming
shammying2042953shammying
shampooing1843093shampooing
shanking163612283sha_nking
shaping133116183sha__ping
sharing113723243sha__ring
sharking163912973sha_rking
sharping143011373sha_rping
shauling1249393sha_uling
shaveling1646843shaveling
shaving143414333sha__ving
shawling1558223sha_wling
shedding14278113shed_ding
shewing143812193sh__ewing
shmoozing2443613shmoozing
shoeing113211883sh__oeing
shooing112112913sh__ooing
shooling123012563sh_ooling
shooting122812863sh_ooting
shoring112820073sh__oring
shoving142910643sh__oving
showings15246883sh__owings
showring1548323sh__owring
shrewing15228093sh_rewing
skidooing1562503skidooing
slaloming1244743slaloming
slowing112814743s__lowing
snawing113612483sna__wing
snowing113913453s__nowing
sorrowing1344873sorrowing
sowing104222913s___owing
spading113114383spad__ing
stowing113315133s__towing
strowing122310563s_trowing
sundowning1542633sundowning
swaddling1543813swaddling
swallowing1743043swallowing
thawing14378683tha__wing
throwing1536723th_rowing
widowing1635183_widowing
windowing1744813windowing

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641927.81319024.8
3Display Results92920.0462000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691928.27921583.6
 
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