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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 “forgathering” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

39 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
forgathering205219(None) 
foregathering2151951foregathering
fathering161010093f___athering
feathering17108793f__eathering
forgather1643663forgather___
forgathered1951823forgather_ed
forgathers1743553forgather__s
furthering1744353fur__thering
gathering1499463___gathering
godfathering2151463godfathering
ingathering16103013_ingathering
regathering1645203_regathering
upgathering1842203_upgathering
woolgathering216973woolgathering
blathering16107584__blathering
bothering152210204bo___thering
brothering1646034_br_othering
cratering12312654_cr_at_ering
featherings18105374f__eatherings
flattering1498744f__lattering
foregather1743664foregather___
foregathered2051784foregather_ed
foregathers1843224foregather__s
forgetting1544664forget__ting
formatting1644164format__ting
fostering132411264fo__st_ering
frittering14105624f_r_ittering
gatherings15105294___gatherings
godmothering2051574godmothering
ingatherings17101604_ingatherings
lathering13912254___lathering
leathering1488684__leathering
mothering152110184mo___thering
murthering1644474mur__thering
portering122012304por__t_ering
pothering151911284po___thering
slathering14108284__slathering
weathering1798354__weathering
woolgatherings227784woolgatherings

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790396.86018191.0
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691397.26624592.8
 
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