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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 “sweetings” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

29 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
sweetings1332618(None) 
sheetings13256711sheetings
sweepings15345631sweepings
sweeting123911311sweeting_
greetings11276042greetings
meetings11287412_meetings
seatings93614302s_eatings
seeings84411292s_ee_ings
seemings11337642s_eemings
settings93810072s_ettings
sheeting122712832sheeting_
sleepings12335882sleepings
sleeting93114162sleeting_
speedings13265402speedings
speerings12276842speerings
steevings13284442steevings
sweating123213022sweating_
sweeping14389142sweeping_
sweetenings15152342sweetenings
sweetens11255432sweeten_s
sweeties11159722sweeti_es
swellings13296102swellings
sweptwings1941192sweptwings
tweeting12267032tweeting_
weepings14346482_weepings
weeting113816052_weeting_
weltings12388202_weltings
westings12429802_westings
wettings12348402_wettings

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436293.54634245.9
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691293.95245215.3
 
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