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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forexpending” 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.

19 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
expending204593(None) 
expanding2044791expanding
expensing1946001expensing
extending1835851extending
appending1536282appending
depending14208782depending
emending12298892e_mending
exceeding2043492exceeding
expecting2146692expecting
expelling1936132expelling
experting1938052experting
exploding2044932exploding
expounding2142692expounding
expunging2042832expunging
impending1535932impending
pending114119772__pending
perpending1646682perpending
spending122712432_spending
upending12258132_upending

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911214360.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121436193.42035507.6
3Display Results19190.0161187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691193.82946667.8