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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 “writing” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

108 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
writing11371389(None) 
waiting113618951waiting
whiting143311301whiting
witing103522821w_iting
writhing15278671writhing
writings12298111writings
airting83616302airting
arising83619972arising
awaiting1238272awaiting
baiting103918882baiting
biting95321822_biting
bribing123111042bribing
brining103216472brining
bruiting11259972bruiting
bruting102612992bruting
citing94220182_citing
cowriting1557322cowriting
crating103725202crating
drifting13338732drifting
driving123910712driving
editing9313132editing
eviting11511372eviting
exiting15311392exiting
fliting113514612fliting
fritting123510702fritting
frizing203310872frizing
fruiting12229062fruiting
gaiting93716582gaiting
girting93113332girting
grating93923182grating
griding103014972griding
grifting13299262grifting
griming113612492griming
griping113012062griping
gritting10309982gritting
irising83614422irising
kiting114117092_kiting
meriting11314682meriting
orating83520322orating
orbiting1138152orbiting
prating103424452prating
pricing123417342pricing
priding113317542priding
priming123417372priming
printing113216082printing
prising103321452prising
prizing193514682prizing
rating74938702_rating
rewriting13310412rewriting
ricing94822762_ricing
riding84325962_riding
rifting113515002_rifting
riling74227972_riling
riming93322222_riming
rioting82716392_rioting
riping93821612_riping
rising74025882_rising
riving104521422_riving
siting74126622_siting
skiting123812502skiting
smiting103014442smiting
spiting103917622spiting
suiting83419002suiting
toiting83217092toiting
tricing103417352tricing
trining82919212trining
trithing122811772trithing
uniting8315822uniting
wafting143911662wafting
waifing142910892waifing
wailing113620902wailing
wairing113414312wairing
waisting123615212waisting
waitings123413742waitings
waiving14329632waiving
wanting114220172wanting
wasting114422842wasting
weeting113816052weeting
welting113615312welting
westing115020272westing
wetting114117382wetting
whiling143511742whiling
whining143311672whining
whisting15329542whisting
whitings15287062whitings
wifing133513392w_ifing
wiling103024292w_iling
wilting113515912wilting
wining103625052w_ining
wiping123916712w_iping
wiring104521022w_iring
wising103318222w_ising
wisting113519742wisting
withing143814492w_ithing
witling113215812w_itling
witting113417062witting
wiving133316602w_iving
wonting113214102wonting
worriting1345552worriting
worsting1267682worsting
wotting112913842wotting
wrathing15248922wrathing
wresting123811832wresting
wricking18349492wricking
wring95920712wr__ing
wringing13279622wringing
wrying13379622wr_ying
wyting13277242w_yting

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit1076711085.56319354.8
3Display Results1081080.0761421.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911086.01529707.6
 
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