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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 “flighting” 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.

30 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
flighting173610(None) 
alighting1446411alighting
blighting1635731blighting
fighting162710081f_ighting
frighting1736021frighting
lighting132811831_lighting
plighting1635561plighting
slighting1436371slighting
bighting15269452_bighting
delighting1644992delighting
dighting142510842_dighting
fightings17276502f_ightings
flightier1644422flightier
flightily1943352flightily
flinting123412342fli_nting
flirting12319012fli_rting
fliting113514612fli__ting
flitting123010882fli_tting
freighting1844542freighting
highting16259722_highting
knighting1844442knighting
lichting14268512_lichting
ligating102212282_ligating
lightings14277722_lightings
lightning14286022_lightning
relighting1545852relighting
righting132610852_righting
sighting133110862_sighting
uplighting1743362uplighting
weighting1744782weighting

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 Limit121436303.04639867.4
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.45551719.5
 
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