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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 “painstakingly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

44 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
painstakingly23679(None) 
painstaking1852852painstaking__
painstakings1961802painstaking_s
pantingly1537864pa_n_t__ingly
banteringly1743875ba_n_teringly
blisteringly1852295bli_steringly
dauntingly1544235daun_t__ingly
devastatingly2171365devastatingly
dismayingly2152185_di_smayingly
earthshakingly289605earthshakingly
gainsaying1542795gains_aying__
hauntingly1743815haun_t__ingly
instantly1256015__insta__ntly
instating10812215__instating__
insultingly1553325__insultingly
lastingly1337245la__st__ingly
mistakenly1961515_mi_staken_ly
mistaking1699695_mi_staking__
nauseatingly1652095na_useatingly
painting113614425pain_t__ing__
paintings12327095pain_t__ing_s
pancaking1836385pa_n_caking__
partaking1698675pa__rtaking__
passingly1545785pa__s__singly
penetratingly1961845p_enetratingly
pityingly1843955p_i__t_yingly
printmaking2052855printmaking__
printmakings2151815printmaking_s
pristinely1544795pri_st__inely
rainmaking1743975rain_making__
rainmakings1852355rain_making_s
rantingly1337935ra_n_t__ingly
reinstating1248115reinstating__
sneakingly1843825__sn_eakingly
staringly1337975____staringly
stinkingly1843845stin___kingly
takingly1635915_____takingly
tauntingly1443915taun_t__ingly
thinkingly2143135thin___kingly
unsparingly1753535__unsparingly
vanishingly2151695vanis__hingly
vauntingly1743625vaun_t__ingly
wastingly1636375wa__st__ingly
winkingly2044345_win___kingly

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790449.43613224.9
3Display Results44440.0301466.7
 (SQL Overall)178691449.87218100.8
 
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