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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 “watermarking” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

32 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
watermarking225268(None) 
earmarking1743583ea__rmarking
matchmarking2651973matchmarking
papermaking2253723paperma_king
watchmaking2652463watchma_king
watermark1844123watermark___
watermarked2152363watermark_ed
watermarks1943663watermark__s
caterwauling1851704caterwauling
demarking1736774__de_marking
hallmarking2152274ha_llmarking
interlarding1445564interlarding
intermarrying1962284intermarrying
intermatting1547174intermatting
interworking2054524interworking
landmarking1952444la_ndmarking
lateraling11148804later_a_ling
lateralling1244634later_alling
matchmaking2552974matchma_king
pacemaking2144384pace_ma_king
papermakings2352414paperma_kings
platemaking2083264plate_ma_king
remarking1638894__re_marking
tarmacking1944234__tarmacking
trademarking2052024trade_marking
wakeboarding23352904wakeboarding
watchmakings2751884watchma_kings
waterfowling2251894waterfowling
watering122316314wate___r_ing
waterlogging1851554waterlogging
waterman1397284waterma___n_
waterskiing1951794water_skiing

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790327.15617438.5
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.56223630.1
 
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