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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 “flailing” 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.

52 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
flailing1229892(None) 
failing113521331f_ailing
flatling123410011flatling
ailing74331012__ailing
availing1267282availing
bailing103723522_bailing
brailing113514792brailing
claiming13279302claiming
emailing113010042emailing
fabling133413622f_abling
failings123811012f_ailings
fairing113614012f_airing
falling113621582f_alling
fatling113815682f_atling
filing103823762f__iling
flacking184311792flacking
flagging14329222flagging
flaking154114492fla_king
flaming134216442fla_ming
flamming16357152flamming
flanging132710582flanging
flanking164211082flanking
flapping16298152flapping
flaring114116802fla_ring
flashing153711552flashing
flatline11298922flatline
flatlings13315822flatlings
flatlong12274522flatlong
flatting123511252flatting
flawing143812562fla_wing
flaying143914462fla_ying
fliting113514612fl_iting
foaling113515842foa_ling
foiling113317652f_oiling
glairing1047282glairing
hailing113820692_hailing
jailing153415842_jailing
ladling92813392_ladling
lairing83715342_lairing
lalling83519622_lalling
mailing102923342_mailing
nailing83419962_nailing
plaining113911552plaining
plaiting113113512plaiting
quailing1838402quailing
railing83325642_railing
sailing83927372_sailing
snailing92912972snailing
tailing82923102_tailing
trailing92916092trailing
vailing113817942_vailing
wailing113620902_wailing

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059523.22037596.0
3Display Results52520.0301733.3
 (SQL Overall)178691523.64049090.9
 
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