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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 “forfending” 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.

40 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
forfending184418(None) 
forefending1943491forefending
forfeiting1744132forfeiting
friending1495552f_riending
offending1744092_offending
portending1446192portending
bartending1444913bartending
commending1846633commending
contending1449123contending
defending15298353_defending
fending123717603___fending
fermenting1646823fermenting
fomenting1537233fo_menting
fonding123815423fo___nding
forbearing1644803forbearing
forbidding1843063forbidding
forboding1645143for_boding
fording123717043for___ding
foreboding1744213foreboding
foredoing1456483for_edoing
forefeeling1842453forefeeling
foregoing1455793for_egoing
foresting13311363for_esting
forewing1539003for_e_wing
forfend1435413forfend___
forfended1743743forfend_ed
forfends1544833forfend__s
forgetting1544663forgetting
fortuning1345493fortun_ing
forwarding1843493forwarding
founding133010793fo__unding
nonending1138003no_nending
orienting1038723_orienting
perpending1646683perpending
propending1646143propending
protending1446813protending
rending93924263__r_ending
tormenting1345693tormenting
trending103012833_tr_ending
worsening1345553worsen_ing

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603406.21622619.5
3Display Results40400.0331212.1
 (SQL Overall)178691406.65526850.6
 
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