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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 “grayling” 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.

48 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
grayling133800(None) 
graying124115881gray_ing
graylings1433881graylings
brailing113514792brailing
brawling143210042brawling
braying134416312bray_ing
craaling112711352craaling
cradling122411452cradling
crawling143110512crawling
drawling13318672drawling
draying123813842dray_ing
fraying143413432fray_ing
gabling113514542g_abling
galling93921962g_alling
gaoling93314652g_aoling
garbling12249452garbling
gargling11239202gargling
gnarling10217602gnarling
goaling93515332goa_ling
grabbing14267312grabbing
grabbling1564582grabbling
gracing113216442gra_cing
grading103918712gra_ding
grafting13319622grafting
graining102813182graining
granting103514522granting
graphing1538532graphing
graplin1058442graplin_
grapline1138722grapline
graplins1148262graplins
grappling1544992grappling
grasping12348832grasping
grassing103311972grassing
grating93923182gra_ting
graveling1457382graveling
graving123114562gra_ving
graylag1283112grayl_ag
grazing183514552gra_zing
greying124110892grey_ing
grilling103811532grilling
growling1348162growling
grueling1078272grueling
kraaling13186662kraaling
praying133717322pray_ing
railing83325642_railing
raying105027192_ray_ing
trailing92916092trailing
trawling122710782trawling

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 Limit121059483.32636397.8
3Display Results48480.0331454.5
 (SQL Overall)178691483.74947663.6
 
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