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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 “harpooning” 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
harpooning164448(None) 
carpooling1545022carpooling
cartooning1345882cartooning
lampooning1543532lampooning
marooning1238592mar_ooning
aproning11311793_a_proning
ballooning1344723ballooning
cartoning12311113car_toning
cartoonings1442663cartoonings
championing2152733championing
crooning113112113_cr_ooning
dragooning1342883dragooning
gadrooning1343543gadrooning
hallooing1366343halloo_ing
hamboning1745893ha_mboning
happening1735593ha_ppening
harboring1538263har_boring
harbouring1643603harbouring
hardening1438023har_dening
harkening1746923har_kening
harping134118383harp___ing
harpoon1238313harpoo__n_
harpooned1544323harpoon_ed
harpooner1444333harpoon_er
harpooners1543813harpooners
harpoons1337483harpoo__ns
harrowing1646433har_rowing
harshening1744173harshening
jargoning1845983jar_goning
paragoning1445953paragoning
pardoning1338763par_doning
proponing1439993_proponing
ratooning1037173ra_tooning
rattooning1143953rattooning
shampooing1843093shampoo_ing
sharpening1644883sharp_ening
spooning112811443__spooning
tamponing1445993tamp_oning
vanpooling1642733vanpooling
varooming1545083var_ooming

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603405.70324654.2
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691406.13929107.5
 
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