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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 “hallowing” 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.

36 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
hallowing167694(None) 
allowing12369091_allowing
fallowing1666431fallowing
halloaing1387031halloaing
halloing121510071hallo_ing
hallooing1366341hallooing
hollowing1675931hollowing
sallowing1357381sallowing
shallowing1744111shallowing
tallowing1366291tallowing
wallowing1666071wallowing
alloying12339142_alloying
balloting1238392balloting
bellowing1547192bellowing
billowing1545872billowing
fellowing1655922fellowing
following1665752following
galloping1356252galloping
haloing113814132ha_lo_ing
harrowing1646432harrowing
helloing12159122hello_ing
hilloaing1375432hilloaing
hilloing12158302hillo_ing
holloaing1385802holloaing
holloing12148822hollo_ing
hollooing1385362hollooing
hulloaing1384522hulloaing
hulloing12146702hullo_ing
hullooing1383992hullooing
mellowing1545892mellowing
pillowing1545492pillowing
swallowing1743042swallowing
unhallowing1851422unhallowing
walloping1545592walloping
willowing1645322willowing
yellowing1655072yellowing

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436363.64033361.5
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691364.04644164.9
 
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