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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 “approving” 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.

45 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
approving174505(None) 
apposing1337402app_osing
apprising1447962apprising
apprizing2347192apprizing
approvingly2262112approvingly
aproning11311792a_proning
improving1745412improving
proving134214072__proving
reapproving1982882reapproving
reproving1538412reproving
appalling1444923appalling
appareling1543423appareling
appealing1446493appealing
appearing1436893appearing
appeasing1446343appeasing
appending1536283appending
applying1634653app_lying
appoint11612483app_o_int
appraising1545763appraising
approaching2162453approaching
approbating1844583approbating
approval1544483approv_al
approvals1643613approvals
approve14116603approv__e
approved16115073approv_ed
approver15105303approv_er
approvers16104913approvers
approves15126833approv_es
arriving1237363a_rriving
arrowing1237943a_rrowing
depraving1635973depraving
depriving1636403depriving
disapproving2152373disapproving
disproving1746293disproving
droving12379683__droving
opposing1336383opp_osing
paroling113316213_paroling
parroting1239153parroting
preapproving1951623preapproving
probing123314443__probing
prosing103319383__prosing
reprobing1438073reprobing
roving103618743___roving
upgrowing1643123upgrowing
uppropping1352563uppropping

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641457.37620152.0
3Display Results45450.0301500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691457.82622833.0
 
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