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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 “foresting” 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
foresting1331136(None) 
afforesting1852852afforesting
arresting1038632arresting
corseting12312172corseting
cresting114017042_cresting
deforesting1654792deforesting
foisting122910502fo_isting
fomenting1537232fomenting
forecasting1744472forecasting
foredating1577122foredating
foredoing1456482foredoing
foregoing1455792foregoing
foreseeing1444552foreseeing
foreskin1547022foreskin_
foreskins1647042foreskins
forestial1247232forestial
foretasting1554422foretasting
forewing1539002fore_wing
forfeiting1744132forfeiting
forgetting1544662forgetting
freshing152611022f_reshing
fretting122711522f_retting
frosting12311182f_rosting
frowsting1634682frowsting
molesting1237752molesting
reforesting1546192reforesting
resting85031182__resting
unresting10311132unresting
worsting1267682wor_sting
wresting123811832_wresting

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 Filter1786911214360.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121436303.56334082.5
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.95245215.3
 
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