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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 “swirling” 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.

59 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
swirling1224914(None) 
skirling13249061skirling
swilling123511931swilling
twirling12246241twirling
birling104317052_birling
dirling93316072_dirling
sailing83927372sai_ling
shieling123512402shieling
shilling123315382shilling
shirking163210472shirking
shirring122910442shirring
shirting123213612shirting
sibling10814422s_ibling
sidling9915422s_idling
siring75128312s_ir_ing
skilling132911332skilling
skirring13297142skirring
skirting13289392skirting
smiling103915442smi_ling
smirking15277232smirking
snarling92513182snarling
soiling83422322soi_ling
sparling112714532sparling
spieling113212522spieling
spiling102919702spi_ling
spilling113113942spilling
spiraling1237952spiraling
spiring103918182spir_ing
spirting112913632spirting
starling93017122starling
sterling93615552sterling
stifling122110912stifling
stilling93415322stilling
stirring9299652stirring
swarding1359002swarding
swarming1458222swarming
swelling123212752swelling
swerving1546112swerving
swigging14337222swigging
swimming16316322swimming
swindling14135832swindling
swinging133411112swinging
swingling14156202swingling
swinking163410322swinking
swiping13319822swi_ping
swirlier1135212swirlier
swirlingly1743412swirlingly
swishing15277812swishing
swiveling1634572swiveling
swiving14358952swi_ving
swizzling2142492swizzling
thirling12248582thirling
tirling83315732_tirling
twilling12268672twilling
whirling15237162whirling
wiling103024292_wi_ling
willing113821612_willing
wiring104521022_wir_ing
witling113215812_witling

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 Filter1786911210590.530337152.8
2DLD Change Limit121059593.89031120.6
3Display Results59590.0163687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691594.43640282.0
 
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