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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 “averting” 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.

32 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
averting12251273(None) 
adverting1437221adverting
alerting91312381alerting
averring12239061averring
everting122213131everting
abetting1158292abetting
aborting11710252aborting
advecting1645112advecting
aerating92821002a_erating
agenting1039382agenting
airting83616302a_irting
amercing1337192amercing
asserting1038662asserting
avenging1345862avenging
averaging1446502averaging
aviating12311012aviating
caveating1539292caveating
caverning1536282caverning
cavorting1536062cavorting
diverting142410332diverting
exerting162211152exerting
havering152211052haver_ing
inverting131013222inverting
obverting1536302obverting
overing111918052over_ing
reverting132315132reverting
venting114218092_venting
verging123812302_verging
versing112314192_versing
vesting114618682_vesting
vetting114216562_vetting
wavering152410542waver_ing

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059323.47034887.3
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691323.87346137.6
 
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