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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 “catfacing” 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.

40 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
catfacing174455(None) 
catfacings1842181catfacings
outfacing1578112outfacing
actuating1239233actuating
attaching1545433_attaching
attacking1635323_attacking
cabbaging1744093cabbaging
cadencing1544963cadencing
canaling112016413ca_naling
canvasing1546433canvasing
carjacking2643543carjacking
cascading1545673cascading
caseating12311743caseating
castrating1349773castrating
catcalling1545123catcalling
catching163712773cat_ching
catenating1348683catenating
catering112019913cat_ering
catface1436763catfac__e
catfaces1536963catfac_es
cathecting1844833cathecting
catjang1733923catja__ng
catling104819793cat__ling
catnapping1742533catnapping
catting103922643cat__ting
caveating1539293caveating
defacing15238683_defacing
effacing1744463_effacing
enfacing1467293_enfacing
facing125321573___facing
latticing1246063latticing
outpacing1478363outpacing
outracing12912163outracing
prefacing17118743prefacing
refacing142512813_refacing
retracing12313293retracing
satiating10311813satiating
surfacing1545643surfacing
tracing103720153__tracing
wayfaring1942513wayfaring

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641407.78319098.2
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691408.21921741.2
 
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