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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 “broadcasting” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

35 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
broadcasting185203(None) 
rebroadcasting206592rebroadcasting
breakfasting2251563breakfasting
broadcast1444873broadcast___
broadcasted1752043broadcast_ed
broadcaster1652473broadcast_er
broadcasters1752183broadcasters
broadcasts1553193broadcast__s
ballasting1345304b__allasting
boasting113512504b_o___asting
bracketing1945234br_a_cketing
breasting1239584br___easting
broaching17287664broa_c__hing
broadening1444034broad__ening
broadsiding1652094broad_siding
brocading1556254bro__ca_ding
bromating1439184bro__ma_ting
brominating1696094bromina_ting
browbeating1952364browbea_ting
eradiating1248734er_adia_ting
eradicating1556634er_adica_ting
forecasting1744474_forecasting
gradating1237324gr_ad_a_ting
graduating1345004gr_adua_ting
irradiating1353774irradia_ting
preadapting1743654pread_apting
preadjusting2352234preadjusting
precasting15169834pr__ecasting
radiating111112134_r_adia_ting
radicating1459074_r_adica_ting
readapting1445154_read_apting
readjusting2042904_readjusting
recasting122414234_r__ecasting
roasting93012704_ro___asting
roughcasting1910844_roughcasting

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790356.92318025.4
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691357.32624391.3
 
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