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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 “exploring” 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.

60 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
exploring194554(None) 
exploding2044931exploding
deploring1337852deploring
employing1765342employing
expiring1836252exp_iring
exploiting2044892exploiting
exporting1937322exp_orting
exposing1836672exp_osing
imploring1445572imploring
reexploring2152592reexploring
coloring11414843_coloring
decoloring1486313decoloring
deploying1636153deploying
eloping103512833e__loping
emplacing1645483emplacing
emplaning1446533emplaning
enamoring1247033enamoring
enclosing1257573enclosing
encoring11312173e_ncoring
enplaning1246803enplaning
exalting1638033exal_ting
excluding2043463excluding
exhorting2045733ex_horting
exiling15311083exil__ing
expanding2044793expanding
expecting2146693expecting
expelling1936133expelling
expending2045933expending
expensing1946003expensing
experting1938053experting
expiating1938543expiating
explain1667043expl_ain_
explaining2044303explaining
explains1766443expl_ains
explanting2045223explanting
exploit1648623explo_i_t
exploits1745973explo_its
explore1646613explor__e
explored1845083explor_ed
explorer1744713explor_er
explorers1843743explorers
explores1746253explor_es
explosion18115213explosion
explosions19134663explosions
explosive2144833explosive
expulsing1944283expulsing
expunging2042833expunging
extolling1744623extolling
extorting1746763ex_torting
exulting1637643exul_ting
imploding1545213imploding
plowing133111723__plowing
ploying132811573__ploying
poring94227273__p_oring
recoloring1367583recoloring
replowing1537413replowing
spooring113111463_spooring
sporing104319413_sp_oring
tailoring1036403tailoring
vaporing1437653vap_oring

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641607.12620859.0
3Display Results60600.0302000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691607.56223630.1
 
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