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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 “painting” 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.

71 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
painting11361442(None) 
fainting123312161fainting
paining103920241pain_ing
paintings12327091paintings
panting104025421pa_nting
pointing112813681pointing
printing113216081printing
sainting93215731sainting
tainting93613581tainting
airting83616302_airting
anting75827022_a_nting
baiting103918882bai_ting
bepainting15144882bepainting
canting104725902ca_nting
daunting103310402daunting
depainting14156152depainting
dinting93520552_dinting
feinting123410832feinting
flinting123412342flinting
gaining94015662gain_ing
gaiting93716582gai_ting
glinting103210052glinting
hanting114124482ha_nting
haunting123510052haunting
hinting113919222_hinting
impainting1544502impainting
jaunting16328632jaunting
jointing16248612jointing
linting83820982_linting
minting103020812_minting
paginating1447532paginating
paiking143814812pai_king
paintier1048792paintier
pairing103716732pai_ring
panging113319112pa_nging
panning104019392pa_nning
parenting12611582parenting
parting103527382pa_rting
pasting103826552pa_sting
patenting1248942patenting
patinating1339882patinating
patining11312302patin_ing
patting103722342pa_tting
pawning134711412pawn_ing
peining104619152pein_ing
pinging113419552p_inging
pining93726532p_in_ing
pinking143918942p_inking
pinning103417852p_inning
pitting103618872p_itting
plaining113911552plain_ing
plaiting113113512plai_ting
planting113515382planting
plinking153611242plinking
poinding122510002poinding
prinking153212452prinking
printings12268102printings
punting103318442p_unting
raining83922692rain_ing
ranting84025412ra_nting
repainting13128972repainting
saining83621392sain_ing
splinting1238192splinting
sprinting12310032sprinting
stinting93415742stinting
taunting93510932taunting
tinting84620602_tinting
vaunting12338752vaunting
waisting123615212waisting
waiting113618952wai_ting
wanting114220172wa_nting

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059713.43635232.5
3Display Results71710.0332151.5
 (SQL Overall)178691713.84246509.9
 
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