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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 “metalling” 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.

26 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
metalling124959(None) 
medalling1346921medalling
metaling111613721meta_ling
metalline1158731metalline
befalling15226502befalling
begalling13216492begalling
detailing112510412detailing
malling103623662m__alling
medaling121912262meda_ling
melling102822622me__lling
metalising1348942metalising
metalizing22511362metalizing
metallic1247642metalli_c
metallics1346132metallics
metallike1555892metallike
metallist1159672metallist
metallize2067152metallize
metallizing2345752metallizing
pedalling1346662pedalling
recalling122211902recalling
refalling132010422refalling
retailing103214732retailing
retallying1464702retallying
retelling102112492retelling
stalling95116702_stalling
totalling1036522totalling

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 Filter1786911214360.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121436263.65633215.5
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691264.04544175.8
 
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