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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 “laughingly” 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.

27 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
laughingly184270(None) 
laughing1335932laughing__
laughings1443482laughing_s
achingly1736623_a_chingly
blushingly1942973blushingly
crushingly1963603crushingly
dashingly1745163da_shingly
daubingly1644263dau_bingly
dauntingly1544233dauntingly
flaggingly1942823fla_ggingly
flauntingly1842183flauntingly
gushingly1744253_gushingly
hauntingly1743813hauntingly
lastingly1337243la_stingly
laughably1842113laugh_ably
longingly1445333long_ingly
lumpingly1784663l_umpingly
luringly1237323l_u_ringly
lurkingly1744573l_urkingly
naggingly1544273na_ggingly
pushingly1844733_pushingly
ragingly1337863ra_g_ingly
slashingly1743863sla_shingly
tauntingly1443913tauntingly
touchingly1943063touchingly
vaultingly1743413vaultingly
vauntingly1743623vauntingly

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603275.40626008.7
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691275.84230587.3
 
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