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

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93 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
waifing14291089(None) 
waffing173710241waffing
wailing113620901wailing
wairing113414311wairing
waiting113618951waiting
waiving14329631waiving
wifing133513391w_ifing
aiding84423612_aiding
ailing74331012_ailing
aiming94320842_aiming
airing74927502_airing
awaiting1238272awaiting
baffing164011602baffing
bailing103723522bailing
baiting103918882baiting
barfing134615092barfing
coifing133213892coifing
daffing15369732daffing
dwarfing1633612dwarfing
failing113521332failing
fairing113614012fairing
fifing134212342_fifing
gaffing15379732gaffing
gaining94015662gaining
gaiting93716582gaiting
hailing113820692hailing
jailing153415842jailing
knifing1536482knifing
lairing83715342lairing
mailing102923342mailing
maiming122912722maiming
naffing14359032naffing
nailing83419962nailing
paiking143814812paiking
paining103920242paining
pairing103716732pairing
raiding93617592raiding
railing83325642railing
raining83922692raining
raising83220532raising
sailing83927372sailing
saining83621392saining
tailing82923102tailing
vailing113817952vailing
wadding133711942wadding
wading114619532wa_ding
waffling1845422waffling
wafting143911662wafting
wagging133313352wagging
waging114318382wa_ging
waifish1637702waifish
waisting123615212waisting
waitings123413742waitings
waking144821382wa_king
waling104525302wa_ling
walking154013302walking
walling113520972walling
waning103623802wa_ning
wanking154216782wanking
wanning113816212wanning
wanting114220172wanting
wapping153514602wapping
warding123918142warding
waring105029442wa_ring
warking153519572warking
warming133515082warming
warning113717092warning
warping133715182warping
warring113717972warring
washing145119282washing
wasting114422842wasting
wauking153410012wauking
wauling112713112wauling
waving134018202wa_ving
wawling143810962wawling
waxing174215282wa_xing
waxwing2154722waxwing
wharfing1834682wharfing
whiffing2134702whiffing
whiling143511742whiling
whining143311672whining
whiting143311302whiting
wiling103024292w_iling
wining103625052w_ining
wiping123916712w_iping
wiring104521022w_iring
wising103318222w_ising
witing103522822w_iting
wiving133316602w_iving
wolfing14277892wolfing
woofing14349892woofing
writing113713892writing
yaffing17337822yaffing

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671932.97036252.9
3Display Results93930.0462021.7
 (SQL Overall)178691933.39252680.1
 
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