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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 “clothing” 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.

39 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
clothing1427878(None) 
clothings15264431clothings
clotting113110641clotting
beclothing1843872beclothing
blotching1734962blotching
blotting113910432blotting
clashing143812192clashing
cloaking15299712cloaking
clocking174312412clocking
clogging13368502clogging
clomping15329652clomping
cloning103215472clo_ning
clonking153810152clonking
clopping153511082clopping
closing103114842clo_sing
clothier1335362clothier
cloturing1245472cloturing
clouding12269492clouding
clouring112811272clouring
clouting113011682clouting
clowning14307252clowning
cloying133511752clo_ying
clutching17154822clutching
coshing134316432c_oshing
coting94629252c_ot_ing
frothing15208532frothing
lathing114315692_lathing
loathing1247672_loathing
lotting82917752_lotting
nothing113511902_nothing
plotting113011012plotting
plotzing20276152plotzing
reclothing1644972reclothing
sloshing12258822sloshing
slotting92612612slotting
soothing12269972soothing
toothing12278862toothing
trothing122410842trothing
unclothing1644132unclothing

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059393.51634430.9
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691393.91945596.1
 
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