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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 “ceiling” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

112 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
ceiling10341672(None) 
ceilings11397991ceilings
celling103921261celling
coiling103723451coiling
heiling113616361heiling
veiling113615291veiling
ailing74331012_ailing
bailing103723522bailing
belling103825072belling
boiling103819672boiling
cabling124017552cabling
calling103826772calling
carling103727062carling
catling104819792catling
caviling14310112caviling
ceasing104118262ceasing
ceding104014802ce_ding
ceili75814792ceili__
ceilidh1345362ceilidh
ceilinged1342372ceilinged
ceilis85413742ceili_s
censing104215262censing
cering94522532ce_ring
cessing103814812cessing
chiding143911592chiding
childing15288502childing
chilling143512182chilling
chiming153311832chiming
chining133316842chining
chitling142910662chitling
citing94220182c_iting
cling86424672c__ling
coaling103722822coaling
codling114418952codling
coifing133213892coifing
coining103920542coining
cooling103422572cooling
cowling134017422cowling
creeling113513362creeling
culling103921302culling
curling104320182curling
cycling1537212cycling
cymling1536272cymling
dealing94323232dealing
defiling132812462defiling
deicing11312192deicing
deviling1311812852deviling
exiling15311082exiling
failing113521332failing
feeling113617072feeling
felling113321132felling
filing103823762_filing
foiling113317652foiling
gelling93219762gelling
guiling93214212guiling
hailing113820692hailing
healing113922962healing
heeling113618512heeling
heiring113312902heiring
helling114623222helling
jailing153415842jailing
jelling153516612jelling
keeling123515122keeling
kegling13309362kegling
mailing102923342mailing
melling102822622melling
mewling13329512mewling
moiling103417662moiling
nailing83419962nailing
oiling74925312_oiling
pealing104123202pealing
peeling102919872peeling
peining104619152peining
peising103416762peising
periling11316862periling
piling95025592_piling
railing83325642railing
reeling83126862reeling
refiling123116532refiling
reining84425322reining
reiving113316842reiving
reoiling93217212reoiling
resiling93520172resiling
retiling93319482retiling
reviling122917212reviling
riling74227972_riling
roiling83220452roiling
sailing83927372sailing
sealing83528562sealing
seeling83522002seeling
seining84020772seining
seising84018862seising
seizing174114832seizing
selling83225832selling
smiling103915442smiling
soiling83422322soiling
speiling113612972speiling
spiling102919702spiling
tailing82923102tailing
telling83321082telling
tiling73426552_tiling
toiling83219022toiling
vailing113817942vailing
vealing114217422vealing
veilings12357312veilings
veining114713892veining
wailing113620902wailing
welling112920312welling
whiling143511742whiling
wiling103024292_wiling
yealing112716382yealing
yelling113516702yelling

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit1076711123.43631336.1
3Display Results1121120.0333393.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911123.85946305.0
 
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