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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 “evading” 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.

35 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
evading123728(None) 
beading113221862beading
blading113615362blading
earing75235482e_aring
easing74926462e_asing
eating75134402e_ating
elating83423082elating
eliding93414342eliding
eluding93412112eluding
ending83220252e_nding
erasing8317962erasing
eroding9314272eroding
evadingly1744132evadingly
evening11310222evening
eviting11511372eviting
evoking1536412evoking
exuding16347442exuding
fading114821112_fading
goading103112852goading
grading103918712grading
hading113922942_hading
heading122919112heading
invading1336262invading
jading154214022_jading
lading84227122_lading
leading93419552leading
loading94114612loading
pervading1636302pervading
reading93327212reading
shading123115562shading
spading113114382spading
trading93517972trading
vealing114217422vealing
vending124015262vending
wading114619532_wading

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671353.28032826.5
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.68648478.3
 
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