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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 “dreading” 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.

55 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
dreading11371280(None) 
breading123515461breading
dreaming124011061dreaming
reading93327211_reading
treading103515331treading
arcading1239762arcading
beading113221862_beading
breaking153914252breaking
breaming133612512breaming
breeding123411842breeding
creaking153414122creaking
creaming133413142creaming
creasing113314442creasing
creating113921952creating
dealing94323232d_ealing
deaning94020472d_eaning
deaving123814752d_eaving
deeding103315122d_eeding
deleading1237772deleading
derating103222282derating
deriding112512932deriding
draping114213352dr_aping
drawing123812052dr_awing
draying123813842dr_aying
dredging12236422dredging
dreeing94311182dre_eing
dressing102810422dressing
freaking163611452freaking
grading103918712gr_ading
greasing102811392greasing
heading122919112_heading
kneading1436372kneading
leading93419552_leading
pleading123011442pleading
prefading16149032prefading
readding11411362_readding
readings103512642_readings
readying13410222_readying
reaming103924012_reaming
reaping103621212_reaping
rearing83128782_rearing
reaving113820532_reaving
redding103218512_redding
reding83825562_re_ding
reeding94124132_reeding
rending93924262_rending
rereading111212712rereading
spreading1339652spreading
steading103613592steading
threading14107592threading
trading93517972tr_ading
treadling1137502treadling
treating92519612treating
trending103012832trending
wreaking163010212wreaking

Search took 5 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 Limit121059553.72032542.7
3Display Results55550.0301833.3
 (SQL Overall)178691554.14043162.1
 
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