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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search foranswering” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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86 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
answering134580(None) 
angering102113802an_gering
anserine8313082ans_erine
unswearing1444412unswearing
unswerving1743042unswerving
absterging1453353absterging
adhering1338883a_dhering
altering91917113a_ltering
anchoring1548323anchoring
anearing9413973an_earing
aneling82719503an__eling
angeling102811733an_geling
annexing1635473an_nexing
anserines9411293ans_erines
answer936893answer___
answered1235483answer_ed
answerer1144263answer_er
answerers1243743answerers
answers1037043answer__s
anteing8312813an_te_ing
antheming1587293antheming
ashlering1344153ashlering
aspersing1237603a_spersing
aspiring1138873a_spiring
asserting1038663a_sserting
assuring937773a_ssuring
asswaging1443103asswaging
aweing103911253a__we_ing
bannering12208803ban_nering
bantering122414233ban_tering
bowering142911713_bowering
cankering162110793can_kering
cantering122417373can_tering
coshering15510023coshering
cowering142514033_cowering
dandering122511063dan_dering
dangering12239303dan_gering
dowering132510613_dowering
enserfing1345893ens_erfing
ensnaring1046383ensnaring
ensphering1644973ensphering
ensuring9310173ens_uring
entering91920053en_tering
festering132413173festering
flowering1636053flowering
fostering132411253fostering
gandering122111293gan_dering
glowering1435653glowering
hankering17239383han_kering
hanseling1338063hans_eling
inhering12913713in_hering
inserting10914233ins_erting
insnaring1046313insnaring
insphering1644193insphering
inspiring1246183inspiring
insuring9311153ins_uring
kashering1736253kashering
koshering1735363koshering
lowering122210913_lowering
lustering102711203lustering
mastering122315303mastering
mustering122212333mustering
nattering102212213nattering
nidering10510483_nidering
oystering1337553oystering
pandering133211963pan_dering
pestering122315663pestering
powering142210803_powering
sering74731813__s_ering
sewering122411093_sewering
showering1646403showering
sistering101213753sistering
skewering1744633skewering
sneering93414503sn_eering
swearing123711443__swearing
swerving1546113__swerving
towering122610873_towering
unseeing988293uns_eeing
unsewing1287433uns_ewing
unsexing1686853uns_exing
unsparing1237713unsparing
unsphering1644283unsphering
unstring9312093uns_tring
ushering1258923_ushering
wandering143310983wan_dering
westering132112643westering

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 Filter1786911486410.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit148641867.34620234.3
3Display Results86860.0461869.6
 (SQL Overall)178691867.56223630.1