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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forforegrounding” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

18 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
foregrounding19696(None) 
foreground1572543foreground___
foregrounded186983foreground_ed
foregrounds1671823foreground__s
forerunning1552263fore_r_unning
backgrounding2471164backgrounding
foreboding1744214fore_bo__ding
forefending1943494fore__fending
foregoing1455794foreg_o___ing
grounding1236084____grounding
overfunding1945384_ove_rfunding
rebounding1435304__re_bounding
redounding1345214__re_dounding
refounding1545354__re_founding
regrinding1335704__regr_inding
regrouping1443694__regrou_ping
resounding1236364__re_sounding
surrounding1352374sur__rounding

Search took 6 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 Filter178691950240.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit95024185.53017183.4
3Display Results18180.0161125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691185.88930343.2