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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 “knowingly” 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.

48 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
knowingly204347(None) 
bowingly1735792_bowingly
flowingly1943962flowingly
glowingly1743612glowingly
gnawingly1763932gnawingly
growingly1744522growingly
knowing15287682knowing__
knowinger1741912knowinger
knowings16234042knowing_s
unknowingly2251602unknowingly
adoringly1445423adoringly
annoyingly1742363annoyingly
atoningly1365373atoningly
bodingly1536383_bodingly
boomingly1744793boomingly
boringly1438403_boringly
chokingly2243983chokingly
cloyingly1843823cloyingly
cooingly1436353_cooingly
dotingly1337343_dotingly
droningly1445763droningly
envyingly1943123envyingly
frowningly2042843frowningly
gropingly1644853gropingly
growlingly1842843growlingly
hopingly1735653_hopingly
howlingly1944193_howlingly
jokingly2334773_jokingly
kiddingly1942973kiddingly
killingly1744833killingly
kingly143511303k___ingly
knowingest1852303knowingest
longingly1445333longingly
losingly1236393_losingly
lovingly1535703_lovingly
mopingly1636013_mopingly
movingly1735913_movingly
noddingly1543783_noddingly
posingly1436933_posingly
probingly1746013probingly
rovingly1536923_rovingly
scowlingly1942953scowlingly
slopingly1544593slopingly
snowily1336883snowi__ly
snowing113913453snowing__
undyingly1744163undyingly
unkingly1637253un_kingly
wooingly1534903_wooingly

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641487.36020195.8
3Display Results48480.0301600.0
 (SQL Overall)178691487.82622833.0
 
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