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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 “smelting” 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.

44 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
smelting1133971(None) 
melting103317751_melting
smelling113712731smelling
belting104119132_belting
felting113515212_felting
malting103219082_malting
meeting103314962_meeting
melding113414272_melding
melling102822632_melling
meting94320592_me_ting
milting103619122_milting
molting103517172_molting
pelting102917272_pelting
remelting12311702remelting
resmelting1337262resmelting
salting84120792s_alting
scenting113212812scenting
seating84130682s_eating
seeling83522002seel_ing
selfing112911622s_elfing
selling83225832s_elling
setting83621392s_etting
sheeting122712832sheeting
shelling123515212shelling
shelving15278172shelving
silting83320482s_ilting
skelping1535972skelping
sleeting93114162sleeting
smaltine1037832smaltine
smarting113212452smarting
smearing113511752smearing
smeeking15317832smeeking
smerking15258472smerking
smiling103915442smil_ing
smiting103014442sm_iting
smutting11278062smutting
snelling93913562snelling
spelling113315232spelling
stetting93410712stetting
stilting93312402stilting
sweating123213022sweating
sweeting123911312sweeting
swelling123212752swelling
welting113615312_welting

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059444.03030039.5
3Display Results44440.046956.5
 (SQL Overall)178691444.46939984.6
 
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