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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 “pencilling” 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.

47 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
pencilling154547(None) 
penciling1437411penci_ling
pencillings1652401pencillings
pencilings1543152penci_lings
penicillin1453502penicillin_
penicillins1553342penicillins
perilling12410002pe_rilling
stencilling1443232stencilling
anvilling1336833_anvilling
cancelling1547213cancelling
devilling1436703de_villing
encircling1542843_encircling
engilding1244483_engilding
enisling949633_en_isling
enrolling1087733_enrolling
ensiling9410723_ensi_ling
entitling1037103_entitling
excelling1935643_excelling
kennelling1573863kennelling
nilling83619563__n_illing
painkilling1852303painkilling
panelling1239073pan_elling
parcelling1546173parcelling
pedalling1346663pe_dalling
penalising1347623penalising
penalizing2249923penalizing
pencilled1445643pencill_ed
penciller1344953pencill_er
pencillers1443823pencillers
penicillia1452833penicilli_a
penicillium1762053penicillium
pensioning1345913pensioning
periling11316863pe_ri_ling
pilling103722563p___illing
pinballing1544013pinballing
prebilling1595413prebilling
prechilling1943743prechilling
predrilling1543673predrilling
prilling113413413p__rilling
rebilling12228833re_billing
recalling122211903re_calling
redrilling1246073redrilling
refilling13299333re_filling
renailing102813333renai_ling
spancelling1643343spancelling
stenciling1344173stenci_ling
unwilling1337163_unwilling

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 Limit140603475.87623928.4
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691476.29528386.2
 
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