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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 “specifying” 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.

47 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
specifying214468(None) 
opacifying2143362opacifying
pacifying2045502_pacifying
respecifying2372552respecifying
speciating1548122speciating
speechifying2651662speechifying
acetifying1944453acetifying
aerifying1636493_aerifying
calcifying2144493calcifying
crucifying2143513crucifying
deifying1637633_de_ifying
dulcifying2043193dulcifying
edifying1636083__edifying
esterifying1873693esterifying
fancifying2243883fancifying
petrifying1945823_petrifying
prespecifying2651873prespecifying
purifying1835853_purifying
rectifying1946373_rectifying
reedifying1845243reedifying
reifying1539383_re_ifying
repacifying2243543repacifying
salifying1636333s_alifying
sanctifying2043283sanctifying
saponifying2052273saponifying
scarifying1945013scarifying
scorifying1944473scorifying
signifying1844413signifying
silicifying2062513silicifying
speccing15306643spec__cing
specific1744703specif_i_c
specifics1843933specif_ics
specified1746253specif_ied
specifier1645683specif_ier
specifies1647573specif_ies
specify1764993specify___
specking17359733spec__king
speckling18235583spec_kling
spectating1546623spectating
speiling113612973spe_i_ling
speiring113711263spe_i_ring
spiffing17237083sp__iffing
spiffying2142753sp_iffying
stellifying1842703stellifying
unedifying1843723unedifying
verifying1936413_verifying
zincifying2843253zincifying

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 Limit140603476.44021832.8
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691476.85926052.0
 
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