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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 “needling” 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
needling1024875(None) 
needing93214421need_ing
needlings11294691needlings
reedling102414271reedling
seedling102610951seedling
beetling1139282beetling
deeding103315122deed_ing
feeding123515072feed_ing
feeling113617072fee_ling
heeding123515062heed_ing
heeling113618512hee_ling
keeling123515122kee_ling
kneeling13287782knee_ling
meddling13257932meddling
nestling958892nestling
nettling957212nettling
noddling11237262noddling
noodling10209442noodling
peddling13217972peddling
peeling102919872pee_ling
reddling112911812reddling
reeding94124132reed_ing
reedlings11236342reedlings
reeling83126862ree_ling
seeding93719482seed_ing
seedlings11195952seedlings
seeling83522002see_ling
tweedling1442532tweedling
wedeling1338772wedeling
weeding123815212weed_ing
wheedling1733072wheedling

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 Filter1786911210590.766233278.1
2DLD Change Limit121059314.98324294.4
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691315.76530995.8
 
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