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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 “defacing” 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.

39 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
defacing1523868(None) 
defaming15238461defaming
refacing142512811refacing
dealing94323232de_aling
deaning94020472de_aning
deaving123814752de_aving
debasing12238062debasing
debating123213732debating
decaying15239452decaying
deducing1336422deducing
defang1137752defa__ng
defanging1535332defanging
defatting1436102defatting
defeating142311972defeating
defecting162510222defecting
defencing16226692defencing
defiling132812462defiling
defining133711802defining
deflating142610712deflating
defoaming1645652defoaming
deforcing1636062deforcing
defraying1735852defraying
defusing13227932defusing
defuzing22195252defuzing
defying15328822def_ying
deicing11312192de_icing
delating103119602delating
delaying133210972delaying
derating103222282derating
detaching1637262detaching
deucing1139392de_ucing
dewaxing20215292dewaxing
effacing1744462effacing
enfacing1467292enfacing
facing125321572__facing
menacing1339782menacing
peacing124117072pe_acing
prefacing17118742prefacing
relacing112516042relacing

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 Limit121059393.39035710.6
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691393.79647073.5
 
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