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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 “sportingly” 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.

48 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
sportingly164554(None) 
poutingly1536482_poutingly
sparingly1537282spar_ingly
sportily1337732sporti__ly
sporting112415462sporting__
sportively1845022sportively
adoringly1445423ador_ingly
boringly1438403_bor_ingly
dartingly1436953_dartingly
dotingly1337343_do_tingly
gloatingly1543563gloatingly
joltingly2044733_joltingly
pantingly1537863_pantingly
porting103021783_porting__
posingly1436933_po_singly
pouringly1545953_pouringly
pratingly1538373_pratingly
probingly1746013_probingly
pryingly1735543_p_ryingly
purringly1545743_purringly
scorchingly2252063scorchingly
scowlingly1942963scowlingly
searingly1338273sear_ingly
shockingly2342683shockingly
shorting122514803shorting__
slantingly1445153slantingly
slopingly1544593slo_pingly
snorting92613373snorting__
soaringly1337273s_oaringly
sobbingly1744343s_obbingly
soothingly1743263soothingly
sorting83221813s_orting__
spirting112913633spirting__
sporing104319413spor_ing__
sportfully1853543sportfully
sportiness1278233sportiness
spottily1335153spotti__ly
spotting112812093spotting__
spouting113511953spouting__
spoutings12245153spouting_s
springily1545583sp_r_ingily
springy13359663sp_r_ing_y
spurting113111633spurting__
staringly1337973star_ingly
startlingly1542763startlingly
sterlingly1445203sterlingly
swirlingly1743423swirlingly
swooningly1742463swooningly

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603486.48321688.0
3Display Results48480.0461043.5
 (SQL Overall)178691486.95225703.5
 
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