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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 “tightening” 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
tightening1515394(None) 
lightening15255051lightening
brightening18102572brightening
frightening1982682frightening
heightening1952672heightening
lightering15246112lightering
lightning14286022light_ning
retightening1752062retightening
bighting15269453bight__ing
dighting142510843dight__ing
enlightening1751723enlightening
fighting162710083fight__ing
highting16259723hight__ing
kittening1434593ki_ttening
lichening1545673lich_ening
lighting132811833light__ing
lightnings15263803light_nings
listening10128953li_stening
richening1546223rich_ening
righting132610853right__ing
sighting133110863sight__ing
sightseeing1651653sightseeing
straightening1862103straightening
tautening1035843t_autening
tighten11288973tighte__n_
tightened1444963tighten_ed
tightener1344703tighten_er
tighteners1444043tighteners
tightens12297953tighte__ns
tightknit1752573tightkni_t
tittering102310313ti_ttering
toughening1542913tough_ening

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 Limit140603325.75024452.7
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691326.17228951.9
 
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