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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 “alarming” 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.

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
alarming113858(None) 
alaruming1243711alaruming
alarmingly1643242alarmingly
alarmism1245852alarmism
alarmist1049122alarmist
alerting91312382alerting
arming94719802__arming
awarding1356042awarding
blaming123515692bla_ming
blaring104317112blar_ing
charming163012032charming
claiming13279302claiming
clamming15329372clamming
farming133515082_farming
flaming134216442fla_ming
flamming16357152flamming
flaring114116802flar_ing
glaring93714882glar_ing
harming133717932_harming
inarming1138342inarming
laming94528362_la_ming
lamming123014582_lamming
larding92917872_larding
larking123718252_larking
pharming16248142pharming
rearming111413612rearming
salaaming1265362salaaming
salarying1336072salarying
slamming133310002slamming
swarming1458222swarming
unarming1138622unarming
warming133515082_warming

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059323.98330393.9
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691324.40540565.5
 
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