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

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

33 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
absterging145335(None) 
abegging1334483ab__egging
abscessing1543323abscessing
abseiling1265343abs_eiling
absenting1236993abs_enting
absorbing1444483abs_orbing
abstaining1344573abstaining
absterge1154083absterg__e
absterged1353353absterg_ed
absterges1244763absterg_es
altering91917123a_lter_ing
answering1345803answer_ing
aspersing1237603a_spersing
asserting1038663a_sserting
bantering122414243banter_ing
bartering122313653barter_ing
battering122715153batter_ing
deterging1237853_deterging
festering132413173fester_ing
fostering132411263foster_ing
fosterling1445173fosterling
lobstering1345123lobster_ing
lustering102711203luster_ing
mastering122315313master_ing
misterming1538603misterming
mustering122212333muster_ing
observing1544393obs_erving
oystering1337563oyster_ing
pestering122315663pester_ing
serging93416673__s_erging
sistering101213753sister_ing
sterling93615553__sterling
westering132112643wester_ing

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603336.53321522.0
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.96925640.8
 
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