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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 “hovering” 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.

36 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
hovering15191114(None) 
covering142215721covering
havering152211051havering
homering141512071homering
hoovering1635751hoovering
hoveling15189591hoveling
overing111918051_overing
bowering142911712bowering
cohering142413832cohering
coverings15217892coverings
coveting141912302coveting
cowering142514032cowering
dovening13238352dovening
dowering132510612dowering
fevering152510082fevering
governing1435532governing
havening15258552havening
hoeing104117022ho_e_ing
hollering1337742hollering
honeying1537672honeying
honoring12310472honoring
hoseying1537192hoseying
hovelling1636162hovelling
levering122212502levering
livering122012382livering
lowering122210912lowering
powering142210802powering
revering122918072revering
rogering10310272rogering
severing122013852severing
shivering1637332shivering
shoveling1635552shoveling
showering1646402showering
sobering111912782sobering
towering122610872towering
wavering152410542wavering

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 Limit121059363.20337795.5
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691363.60649553.8
 
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