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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 “padlocking” 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.

29 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
padlocking204302(None) 
paddocking2142411paddocking
deadlocking2051712deadlocking
blocking174510573__blocking
clocking174312413__clocking
docking153615013__d_ocking
flocking183410873__flocking
garlicking1843053garlicking
gridlocking2051163gridlocking
havocking2242773ha_vocking
locking143718153___locking
mammocking2052393mammocking
packing164420723pa___cking
padlock1665813padlock___
padlocked1942433padlock_ed
padlocks1755473padlock__s
panicking1835293pa_nicking
peacocking2143313peacocking
plonking15358563p__lonking
plucking17357723p__lucking
pocking163916763p___ocking
redocking17126783red_ocking
relocking16137683_relocking
roadblocking226903roadblocking
shylocking2342513shylocking
talcking1567083ta_l_cking
unblocking1943693unblocking
undocking1735653und_ocking
unlocking1636073_unlocking

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603296.54621479.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.96825644.5
 
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