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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 “harnessing” 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.

26 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
harnessing144390(None) 
caressing1238802car_essing
harassing1346982har_assing
harvesting1744412harvesting
unharnessing1651282unharnessing
accessing1445833_accessing
arresting1038633_arresting
assessing1045173_assessing
dressing102810423_dr_essing
egressing1146853egr_essing
finessing1345123_finessing
garnering11298083garne_ring
garnishing1544573garnishing
hairdressing1751733hairdressing
hanseling1338063ha_nseling
hardening1438023harde_ning
harkening1746923harke_ning
harness102413933harness___
harnessed13186193harness_ed
harnesses121812073harness_es
hostessing1444573hostessing
pressing112516443_pr_essing
stressing1038333str_essing
tarnishing1445153tarnishing
varnishing1744473varnishing
witnessing1442443witnessing

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 Filter1786911406030.450397091.1
2DLD Change Limit140603266.16022825.2
3Display Results26260.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691266.61027033.4
 
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