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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 “laboring” 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.

31 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
laboring11211014(None) 
labouring1236211labouring
taboring113010191taboring
aboding11410122_aboding
aborning1188002_aborning
aborting11710252_aborting
adoring9412522_adoring
belaboring1544032belaboring
boring94724872__boring
clamoring1477422clamoring
favoring1596672favoring
flavoring1665112flavoring
harboring1538262harboring
labeling11311652labeling
laborite10410702laborite
lagering102212312lagering
lairing83715342la_iring
layering122310352layering
majoring1836362majoring
razoring1836442razoring
reboring11312782reboring
sabering112113742sabering
sabring102614842sab_ring
savoring1269482savoring
tabering112211422tabering
tabooing11186312tabooing
taborin92210452taborin_
taborine102510682taborine
taborins103310222taborins
tabouring1245722tabouring
vaporing1437652vaporing

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.796224486.2
2DLD Change Limit121059313.93630756.9
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691314.73237762.3
 
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