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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 “fairings” 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.

37 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
fairings1238819(None) 
airings83913841_airings
failings123811011failings
fairing113614011fairing_
firings114112331f_irings
pairings11398311pairings
airing74927502_airing_
dairyings1442632dairyings
darings93713652da_rings
earings84517712ea_rings
earrings9299632earrings
facings134511262fa_cings
fadings12469302fa_dings
failing113521332failing_
fairies103516042fairi_es
farinas103215242fa_rinas
faring105231282fa_ring_
farmings14298222farmings
fastings124011942fastings
fatlings12359302fatlings
filings115213072f_ilings
finings114311772f_inings
firing104021722f_iring_
fixings18347442f_ixings
furrings12317142furrings
lairing83715342lairing_
mailings113011922mailings
pairing103716732pairing_
parings104219212pa_rings
railings93412152railings
raisings9338442raisings
sacrings11278922sacrings
sailings93513252sailings
tailings93211672tailings
wairing113414312wairing_
waitings123413742waitings
wirings113910112_wirings

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059373.53034294.3
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691373.93945364.6
 
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