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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 “recreating” 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.

28 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
recreating13121458(None) 
recrating121318791recr_ating
retreating111414771retreating
cocreating15310292cocreating
creating113921952__creating
decreasing1446512decreasing
precreasing1645702precreasing
pretreating1448892pretreating
procreating1647692procreating
recleaning1336752recleaning
recoating121317462rec_oating
recreation12413612recreation
recreations13412252recreations
recreative1549022recreative
recruiting1347902recruiting
redreaming1446442redreaming
reerecting1339972reerecting
regrating111316212regr_ating
regreeting1237342regreeting
regretting1237782regretting
reheating132314912re_heating
repeating122618982re_peating
rereading111212712re_reading
rerenting102617662re_renting
reseating102421532re_seating
retreading12128482retreading
secreting1279822secre_ting
uncreating13310472uncreating

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 Filter1786911088240.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit108824283.20333975.6
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691283.59249746.9
 
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