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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 “foretelling” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

31 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
foretelling154359(None) 
farewelling1842622farewelling
forefeeling1842452forefeeling
forestalling1653632forestalling
pretelling1338132_pretelling
retelling102112492__retelling
corbelling1546713cor_belling
cordelling1446383cor_delling
crenelling1345683_crenelling
ferrelling1445063fer_relling
fireballing1742643fireballing
forefending1943493forefending
foreseeing1444553forese_eing
foretasting1554423foretasting
foretell1146123foretell___
foreteller1353303foretell_er
foretellers1462843foretellers
foretells1245633foretell__s
fosterling1445173fo_sterling
hostelling1446163ho_stelling
morselling1346323mor_selling
outtelling11107133_outtelling
preselling1338693_preselling
rebelling122111163__rebelling
refelling132211313__refelling
repelling122312753__repelling
reselling102213833__reselling
retellings11244653__retellings
revelling132412553__revelling
storytelling1651503storytelling
tortellini1053543tor_tellini

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 Filter1786911216330.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit121633315.48622171.5
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691315.92230174.1
 
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