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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 “waddings” 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.

35 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
waddings1435647(None) 
paddings13297011paddings
wadding133711941wadding_
weddings14355531weddings
adding93914962_adding_
audings9289392_audings
beddings13407922beddings
biddings13397562biddings
buddings13326652buddings
cardings123812642cardings
claddings1433212claddings
fadings12469302fa_dings
gadding113411452gadding_
ladings93814132la_dings
landings103110072landings
madding123711992madding_
padding123412512padding_
paddlings14224362paddlings
puddings13325502puddings
radding103715002radding_
waddies124214752waddi_es
waddling14237932waddling_
waddying17204722waddying_
wading114619532wa_ding_
waitings123413742waitings
walkings16327312walkings
warding123918142warding_
warnings12358452warnings
washings15419272washings
waxings18366452wa_xings
waxwings2232952waxwings
wedding133411872wedding_
wildings13287932wildings
windings13329972windings
wordings13328562wordings

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059353.71632577.8
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691354.13843182.9
 
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