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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

25 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
engravings154250(None) 
engraving1446011engraving_
engrains937582engra_in_s
cravings14428223__cravings
enclaving1546313enclaving_
enframing1546113enframing_
engaging1147373eng_aging_
engrafting1544183engrafting_
engrailing1244853engrailing_
engrails945383engra_i_ls
engrain838353engra_in__
engrained1145493engra_ined
engraining1245223engraining_
engravers1344313engrav_ers
engraves1237233engrav__es
enraging1049573en_raging_
enslaving1345383enslaving_
entrains8312963entra_in_s
gratings103910763__gratings
graving123114563__graving_
grazings19337263__grazings
ingrains948983ingra_in_s
nervings12256323_ner_vings
ravings114614503___ravings
reengraving1693093reengraving_

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603256.48621677.9
3Display Results25250.0131923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691256.93525766.5
 
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