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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 “guarding” 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.

32 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
guarding113652(None) 
awarding1356042awarding
barding113822892_barding
bearding124011942bearding
boarding123110232boarding
carding113922442_carding
curding113515132cu_rding
farding123716742_farding
gadding113411452g_adding
garbing113613272g_arbing
garring93116712g_arring
gearing92818842gear_ing
girding103611882g_irding
gladding1236302gladding
glaring93714882glar_ing
gnarling10217602gnarling
gnarring10225972gnarring
goading103112852goa_ding
grading103918712gra_ding
guardant1046442guardant
guarddog1241682guarddog
guardian1045112guardian
guardians1143912guardians
guiding102911842gu_iding
gurging102910112gu_rging
hoarding13288642hoarding
larding92917872_larding
quadding2035362quadding
swarding1359002swarding
unguarding1343532unguarding
warding123918142_warding
yarding123413142_yarding

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 Limit121059323.37335890.6
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.78247247.8
 
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