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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 “pearling” 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.

75 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
pearling1191201(None) 
parling103823761p_arling
pealing104123201pea_ling
yearling1297881yearling
bearding124011942bearding
bearing103624772bear_ing
carling103727062_carling
darling93418362_darling
dealing94323232dea_ling
eagling91113602_eagling
eanling81416672_eanling
earing75235482_ear_ing
earning83418212_earning
earring83519012_earring
fearing113520032fear_ing
gearing92818842gear_ing
gnarling10217602gnarling
healing113922962hea_ling
hearing113324162hear_ing
hearsing1239382hearsing
hearting12513122hearting
impearling1543062impearling
learning978552learning
marling103322772_marling
nearing83020332near_ing
paling93530132p_a_ling
palling104024482p_alling
parging113318602p_arging
paring94236492p_ar_ing
parking143423042p_arking
paroling113316212p_aroling
parring103222062p_arring
parsing103819552p_arsing
parting103527382p_arting
peaching163613642peaching
peacing124117072pea_cing
peaking144317692pea_king
pearlier1037322pearlier
pearlite1039442pearlite
pebbling1535072pebbling
pedaling122412132pedaling
pedalling1346662pedalling
peddling13217972peddling
peeling102919872pe_eling
peering103520352peer_ing
peopling1338352peopling
periling11316862periling
perking143716462pe_rking
perming123416092pe_rming
pestling111010252pestling
pettling1168212pettling
pharming16248142pharming
prearming14139222prearming
purling103620292p_urling
rearing83128782rear_ing
rearming111413612rearming
sealing83528562sea_ling
searing83330922sear_ing
shearling1336922shearling
snarling92513182snarling
sparling112714532sparling
spearing113216102spear_ing
starling93017122starling
tearing84021492tear_ing
teazling1856572teazling
vealing114217422vea_ling
weakling16106762weakling
weanling12118642weanling
wearing113318862wear_ing
wearying1546702wearying
yealing112716382yea_ling
yeanling12107062yeanling
yearlings1384202yearlings
yearlong12102572yearlong
yearning1296982yearning

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 Filter1786911210590.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit121059754.50326884.1
3Display Results75750.0302500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691754.96935961.2
 
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