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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 “distending” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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93 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
distending134833(None) 
dispending1547921dispending
mistending1447951mistending
descending1546112descending
disbanding1545582disbanding
dispensing1448232dispensing
dissenting121310292dissenting
distancing1447082distancing
intending1139982_intending
listening10128952listen_ing
missending1446492missending
ascending1336283_ascending
attending11136373_attending
bartending1444913bartending
besteading1446023besteading
contending1449123contending
defending15298353d_efending
depending14208783d_epending
desanding12207653des_anding
desponding1555663desponding
destining11311433destin_ing
diamonding1543643diamonding
disbudding1643563disbudding
discanting1449453discanting
discarding1547343discarding
discepting1658473discepting
discerning1447863discerning
discording1547663discording
diseasing11310833dis_easing
disendowing1753013dis_endowing
dishelming1745273dishelming
disjecting2177243disjecting
disowning1446113disown_ing
dispelling1447613dispelling
dispersing1449303dispersing
disploding1575873disploding
dispreading1645913dispreading
disseating121111783disseating
dissecting14139473dissecting
disseising1247643disseising
disseizing2147003disseizing
disserting121310853disserting
disserving15117013disserving
dissuading1345723dissuading
distaining1248903distaining
distasting1248023distasting
distelfink1872893distelfink
distend93312073distend___
distended12157923distend_ed
distender11167743distend_er
distenders12166733distenders
distends10339823distend__s
distension11156273distension
distensions12146273distensions
distention11158873distention
distentions12178843distentions
distilling1247793distilling
distorting1239583distorting
distressing1385973distressing
disturbing1445653disturbing
dizening19177143di_zen_ing
extending1835853_extending
fastening13268603fasten_ing
glistening1294283glisten_ing
hastening13259483hasten_ing
impending1535933_impending
islanding1135623_islanding
kittening1434593kitten_ing
misbinding1645063misbinding
misfeeding1744993misfeeding
misleading1446833misleading
mispenning1545773mispenning
misreading1448263misreading
misspending1743653misspending
misterming1538603misterming
mistuning1237673mistun_ing
moistening1346233moisten_ing
portending1446193portending
pretending1438613pretending
protending1446813protending
resending112313363res_ending
scending122610583__scending
sending94221373__s_ending
shending132511253__shending
sistering101213753siste_ring
spending122712433__spending
standing103413633__standing
steading103613593__steading
subtending1445103subtending
suspending1445033suspending
tending94419163___tending
upsending1334903ups_ending
upstanding1443713upstanding

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603935.48625629.4
3Display Results93930.0462021.7
 (SQL Overall)178691935.93830092.8
 
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