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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 “soothingly” 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.

32 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
soothingly174326(None) 
scathingly1943302scathingly
soothing12269972soothing__
boomingly1744793boo_mingly
cooingly1436353coo__ingly
dotingly1337343_dot_ingly
joltingly2044723jolt_ingly
joshingly2343853_joshingly
poutingly1536483pout_ingly
scorchingly2252063scorchingly
scowlingly1942953scowlingly
shingly143210813s___hingly
shockingly2342683shockingly
slashingly1743863slashingly
slopingly1544593slo_pingly
smashingly1943193smashingly
smoothing1535293smoothing__
soaringly1337273s_oaringly
sobbingly1744343s_obbingly
soothly13186923sooth___ly
sootily101810523soot_i__ly
sooting82820963soot_ing__
soundingly1544603soundingly
southing122811823southing__
southings13246233southing_s
sportingly1645543sportingly
swishingly2042903swishingly
swooningly1742463swooningly
toothily1445523toothi__ly
toothing12278863toothing__
touchingly1943063touchingly
wooingly1534903woo__ingly

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603326.57621381.2
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.01525472.7
 
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