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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 “captaining” 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.

50 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
captaining154607(None) 
attaining1047222_attaining
captioning1545702captioning
cocaptaining19101912cocaptaining
containing13410932containing
curtaining1345532curtaining
abstaining1344573abstaining
attainting1144783_attainting
baptising1446093bapt_ising
baptizing2345843bapt_izing
bargaining1445213bargaining
cabining1338643ca__bining
calamining1545933calamining
calcining1447813ca_lcining
campaigning1952003campaigning
cantoning12310883cant_oning
capitalising1754453capitalising
capitalizing2656153capitalizing
caponizing2446983caponizing
capsaicin1553043capsaicin_
capsaicins1672913capsaicins
capsizing2345833cap_sizing
captain112111063capta__in_
captaincies1752653captaincies
captaincy1842013captain_cy
captained1446193captain_ed
captains121810573capta__ins
capturing1436623capt_uring
cartoning12311113cart_oning
cartooning1345883cartooning
cautioning1345723cautioning
chaining142810783c__haining
complaining1844733complaining
curtailing1344603curtailing
destaining1267943destaining
detaining112510473_detaining
distaining1248903distaining
explaining2044303explaining
japanning1943383jap_anning
maintaining1453593maintaining
obtaining1236773_obtaining
paining103920243__p_aining
patining11312303pa_t_ining
pertaining1347993pertaining
plaining113911553__plaining
reattaining1244593reattaining
retaining102114733_retaining
spraining1248153_spraining
staining9413373__staining
sustaining1145883sustaining

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603506.03323305.7
3Display Results50500.0301666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691506.49927495.2
 
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