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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 “hirpling” 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.

30 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
hirpling146722(None) 
hireling121210991hireling
hirsling1277541hirsling
birling104317052bir_ling
chirping16278862chirp_ing
circling1338422circling
dimpling14199022dimpling
dirling93316072dir_ling
girdling1146822girdling
harping134118382harp_ing
higgling14217162higgling
hilling113821772hi_lling
hipline12311422hi_pline
hipping153915102hi_pping
hirelings1365762hirelings
hiring104421602hir__ing
hirseling1396272hirseling
hoppling16206762hoppling
hurdling13288012hurdling
hurling113616412hur_ling
hurtling12318312hurtling
purpling1368542purpling
rimpling13219662rimpling
rippling13197572rippling
thirling12248582thir_ling
tippling13196702tippling
tirling83315732tir_ling
tripling112712552tripling
whirling15237162whir_ling
wimpling16207482wimpling

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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059303.26637066.4
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691303.65548889.5
 
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