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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 “davening” 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.

31 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
davening1325887(None) 
dovening13238351dovening
havening15258551havening
ravening122611291ravening
avenging1345862_avenging
caverning1536282caverning
cravening1547552cravening
damning114211632da_mning
dampening1535462dampening
darkening1535682darkening
darning93817332da_rning
dawning124111012da_wning
deadening1277582deadening
deafening1476272deafening
deveining1436392deveining
develing133212732develing
divining1338412divining
dizening19177142dizening
dozening19236182dozening
evening11310222_evening
gaveling133410162gaveling
havering152211052havering
ladening1078822ladening
latening9711492latening
leavening1365972leavening
livening12248152livening
raveling123414372raveling
ravenings13235182ravenings
ravining12269692ravining
wakening1636322wakening
wavering152410542wavering

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 Limit121059313.25037248.9
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691313.64049090.9
 
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