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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 “defiling” 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.

43 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
defiling13281246(None) 
defining133711801defining
deviling1311812851deviling
refiling123116531refiling
ceiling103416722ce_iling
deairing10311892deairing
dealing94323232de_aling
debiting122511202debiting
deciding132210832deciding
defacing15238682defacing
defaming15238462defaming
defilading1643642defilading
defueling14255092defueling
defusing13227942defusing
defuzing22195252defuzing
defying15328822def_ying
deicing11312192de_icing
deifying1637632deifying
deliming12310372deliming
demising122012522demising
derailing112011312derailing
deriding112512932deriding
deriving132510742deriving
desiring10312142desiring
detailing112510412detailing
develing133212732develing
devilling1436702devilling
devising133111522devising
exiling15311082_exiling
filing103823762__filing
heiling113616362he_iling
periling11316862periling
prefiling1549532prefiling
refilling13299332refilling
refilming15256462refilming
refining122416862refining
refiring123513922refiring
refixing19329792refixing
reoiling93217212reoiling
resiling93520172resiling
retiling93319482retiling
reviling122917212reviling
veiling113615292ve_iling

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911210590.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit121059435.12623616.7
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691435.59231954.8
 
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