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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 “welcoming” 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.

55 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
welcoming174347(None) 
becoming1538162be_coming
welching17287362welc_hing
beaconing1436633beaconing
becomings1643783be_comings
beglooming1642953beglooming
belching16349153belc_hing
bellowing1547193bellowing
blooming13299433_blooming
coming114225453___coming
deaconing1337193deaconing
decoding132410053de_coding
decoying15208763de_coying
deliming12310373del_iming
elbowing1435013_elbowing
eloping103512833_el_oping
encoding1239043_encoding
encoring11312173_encoring
escoting1158713_escoting
fellowing1655923fellowing
glooming12358013_glooming
helloing12159123hello_ing
helming133712003hel__ming
incoming1349863_incoming
looming102814853__looming
mellowing1545893mellowing
oncoming1338353_oncoming
overcoming1848733overcoming
reblooming1543423reblooming
recoding122213853re_coding
recombing1637323re_combing
relocking16137683relocking
relooking14167143relooking
reluming11310013rel_uming
rescoring12310603rescoring
upcoming1535173_upcoming
venoming1436403ve_noming
walloping1545593walloping
wallowing1666073wallowing
weaponing1545383weaponing
welcome1445193welcom__e
welcomed1643323welcom_ed
welcomely1951613welcomely
welcomer1544023welcom_er
welcomers1643513welcomers
welcomes15134753welcom_es
welding123213253wel__ding
welling112920313wel__ling
welshing15296523wel_shing
weltering13219493weltering
welting113615313wel__ting
wenching17328863wenc_hing
whelming17304923whel__ming
willowing1645323willowing
yellowing1655073yellowing

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641557.26620457.1
3Display Results55550.0134230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691557.71523161.5
 
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