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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 “decaying” 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.

34 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
decaying1523945(None) 
decoying15208761decoying
decrying15237411decrying
delaying133210971delaying
belaying143110602belaying
dealing94323232de_aling
deaning94020472de_aning
deaving123814752de_aving
debasing12238062debasing
debating123213732debating
decamping1734942decamping
decanting132510632decanting
deceasing1338402deceasing
deciding132210832deciding
decking153915592dec_king
declaring1339572declaring
declawing1636212declawing
decoding132410052decoding
deejaying2142752deejaying
defacing15238682defacing
defaming15238462defaming
defraying1735852defraying
defying15328822de_fying
deifying1637632deifying
delating103119602delating
denying123711292de_nying
derating103222282derating
descrying1635102descrying
dewaxing20215292dewaxing
draying123813842d_raying
recaning111416692recaning
relaying122515152relaying
repaying142712392repaying
resaying122512452resaying

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 Limit121059343.81331749.0
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691344.23242223.8
 
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