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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 “kidnaping” 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
kidnaping174235(None) 
kidnapping2041491kidnapping
bedraping1535383bedraping
dognaping1443183dognaping
draping114213353__draping
ideating10311703_ideating
kidding14389773kid__ding
kidnap1334193kidnap___
kidnaped1652163kidnap_ed
kidnapee1552583kidnap_ee
kidnapees1651583kidnapees
kidnaper1552593kidnap_er
kidnapers1652473kidnapers
kidnapped1941773kidnapped
kidnappee1851843kidnappee
kidnapper1842013kidnapper
kidnaps1453323kidnap__s
kilning12289023kiln__ing
kindling14229623ki_ndling
kinging133115033ki_n_ging
kingpin1445003ki_ngpin_
kingpins1544903ki_ngpins
kinking113615153ki_n_king
kipping163311873ki__pping
kirning12319333kirn__ing
knapping17314973k__napping
misnaming1447423misnaming
nidating1039783nid_ating
petnaping1444543petnaping
signaling1136563signaling
undraping1337333undraping

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641316.59322545.3
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.04925349.8
 
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