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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 “devastatingly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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76 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
devastatingly217136(None) 
devastating1644702devastating__
deprecatingly2262094deprecatingly
desolatingly1752704de_solatingly
devaluating1645054devaluating__
devastation1546734devastati__on
devastations1645824devastati_ons
devastative1853434devastati__ve
hesitatingly1952324he_sitatingly
befittingly2051995be_fit_tingly
damagingly1872935d__a_magingly
dartingly1436955d__a__rtingly
dashingly1745165d__as__hingly
dauntingly1544235d__a_untingly
deadeningly1752645de_a_deningly
deaerating12311565de_aerating__
deafeningly1952545de_a_feningly
decapitating1854955decapitating__
decreasingly1952235de_creasingly
decussating1543195decussating__
defalcating1844345defalcating__
defatting1436105defa_t_ting__
degradingly1852525de__gradingly
delectating1545995delectating__
demandingly1952235dema__ndingly
demarcating1745205demarcating__
demasting1338455demas__ting__
depreciatingly23131385depreciatingly
deratting1139515dera_t_ting__
despairingly1961895de__spairingly
devastate1344955devastat____e
devastated1544125devastat___ed
devastates1444665devastat___es
devastator1453145devastat___or
devastators1552925devastat__ors
devesting14249905deves__ting__
deviating14311085dev__iating__
dismayingly2152185d__ismayingly
distractingly2053255d__istractingly
divagating1644005diva_gating__
entreatingly1653045_entreatingly
estating92614995_e__stating__
evacuating1645685_evacuating__
evadingly1744135_ev___adingly
evaluating1456025_evaluating__
everlastingly2061375_everlastingly
exactingly2343485_exa__ctingly
exasperatingly2761485_exasperatingly
frustratingly2081415_frustratingly
gestating11229985ge__stating__
hearteningly1972435he_arteningly
irritatingly1652025_irritatingly
jestingly2045955je__s__tingly
lastingly1337245__las__tingly
levitating1446655lev_itating__
lovastatin1351925lovastatin___
lovastatins1451665lovastatin__s
metastatically2153465metastatically
nauseatingly1652095_nauseatingly
overstating15410735overstating__
painstakingly236795painstakingly
penetratingly1961845penetratingly
placatingly1952335_pla_catingly
reassuringly1651345re_assuringly
reinstating1248115reinstating__
restating102319415re__stating__
revaluating1545895revaluating__
revealingly1842655rev__ealingly
revoltingly1852815rev__oltingly
staringly1337975____staringly
teasingly1346055te_as___ingly
undeviatingly2162025undev__iatingly
unhesitatingly21101655unhesitatingly
vaultingly1743415__va_ultingly
vauntingly1743625__va_untingly
wastingly1636375__was__tingly

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit124790768.47014733.2
3Display Results76760.0461652.2
 (SQL Overall)178691768.95219961.0
 
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