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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 “improving” 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.

65 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
improving174541(None) 
approving1745052approving
disproving1746292disproving
imploding1545212imploding
imploring1445572imploring
imponing1338772imp_oning
importing1438192importing
imposing1348462imp_osing
improvise1674852improvise
improvising1943842improvising
proving134214072__proving
reproving1538412reproving
aproning11311793_aproning
depraving1635973depraving
depriving1636403depriving
droving12379683__droving
employing1765343employing
imbrowning1842603imbrowning
imbruing1344003imbr_uing
imbruting1443773imbruting
impacting1635943impacting
impairing1445473impairing
impaling1338253imp_aling
imparking1834713imparking
imparting1437243imparting
impasting1436323impasting
impawning1743423impawning
impeding1436563imp_eding
impelling1436913impelling
impending1535933impending
imperiling15126043imperiling
imping114315353imp___ing
impinging1544203impinging
implying1635533imp_lying
imposting1436813imposting
impregning1643413impregning
impressing1547543impressing
imprint11312563impr__int
imprinting1546023imprinting
imprisoning1652693imprisoning
improbity1843643improbity
improv1344643improv___
improve1435963improv__e
improved1644773improv_ed
improver1545243improv_er
improvers1645043improvers
improves1536123improv_es
improvident1952833improvident
improvised1873563improvised
improviser1773313improviser
improvises1784593improvises
improvisor1782763improvisor
improvs1435003improv__s
impugning1543063impugning
impulsing1444643impulsing
imputing1336853imp_uting
ingrowing1445533ingrowing
ironing82414013i__roning
mirroring1246193mirroring
mismoving1745783mismoving
moving123913283_m__oving
probing123314443__probing
prosing103319383__prosing
reprobing1438073reprobing
roving103618743___roving

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641657.06321045.0
3Display Results65650.0164062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691657.49923828.6
 
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