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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 “dawdling” 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
dawdling1423637(None) 
daddling12258231daddling
dandling112511731dandling
addling10229832_addling
bawling133813862baw_ling
candling122313872candling
dabbling14227972dabbling
dadoing1038522da_doing
daggling12237062daggling
dangling112611232dangling
dappling1436842dappling
darkling1437482darkling
darling93418362da_rling
dartling1039562dartling
dawing114819822daw__ing
dawning124111012daw_ning
dawting123610672daw_ting
dazzling1834362dazzling
diddling12228742diddling
dindling112411162dindling
doodling11218402doodling
doweling13279762doweling
drawling13318672draw_ling
handling132312712handling
ladling92813392la_dling
paddling13218642paddling
raddling11229772raddling
saddling11239592saddling
sandling102214412sandling
waddling14237932waddling
wawling143810962waw_ling
yawling14369182yaw_ling

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 Limit121059323.50034588.3
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.90645747.8
 
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