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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 “ploddingly” 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.

25 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
ploddingly184234(None) 
noddingly1543782_noddingly
pleadingly1793392pleadingly
plodding13166342plodding__
blindingly1743713blindingly
bodingly1536383_bo_dingly
broodingly1743393broodingly
cloyingly1843833clo_yingly
flowingly1943963flo_wingly
gloatingly1543563gloatingly
glowingly1743613glo_wingly
kiddingly1942973_kiddingly
lollingly1345353_lollingly
longingly1445333_longingly
losingly1236393_lo_singly
lovingly1535703_lo_vingly
pleasingly1644173pleasingly
plyingly1734503pl__yingly
podding124113183p_odding__
posingly1436933p_o_singly
pouringly1545953p_ouringly
poutingly1536483p_outingly
probingly1746013pro_bingly
prodding13189343prodding__
slopingly1544593slo_pingly

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911406030.450397091.1
2DLD Change Limit140603257.75018142.3
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691258.21621749.1
 
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