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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 “seedling” 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.

58 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
seedling10261095(None) 
needling10248751needling
reedling102414271reedling
seeding93719481seed_ing
seedlings11195951seedlings
seeling83522001see_ling
beetling1139282beetling
deeding103315122deed_ing
feeding123515072feed_ing
feeling113617072fee_ling
heeding123515062heed_ing
heeling113618512hee_ling
keeling123515122kee_ling
meddling13257932meddling
needing93214422need_ing
needlings11294692needlings
peddling13217972peddling
peeling102919872pee_ling
reddling112911812reddling
reeding94124132reed_ing
reedlings11236342reedlings
reeling83126862ree_ling
saddling11239592saddling
sandling102214412sandling
sealing83528562s_ealing
seceding12288562seced_ing
seedlike1335992seedlike
seeing74222142see__ing
seeking124016062see_king
seeming103216262see_ming
seeping103817912see_ping
seething1239022seething
selling83225832s_elling
sending94221372send_ing
settling978942settling
shealing123415462shealing
shedding14278112shedding
shelling123515212shelling
sideling101012182sideling
sidling9915422s_idling
sledding11248502sledding
sledging11288182sledging
smelling113712722smelling
snedding11246952snedding
snelling93913562snelling
speeding122810932speed_ing
speeling112713122speeling
speiling113612972speiling
spelling113315232spelling
stealing93416602stealing
steeling93615142steeling
sterling93615552sterling
sueding92613752sued_ing
swelling123212752swelling
tweedling1442532tweedling
wedeling1338772wedeling
weeding123815212weed_ing
wheedling1733072wheedling

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059585.18623343.4
3Display Results58580.0461260.9
 (SQL Overall)178691585.62231784.2
 
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