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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 “loafing” 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.

89 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
loafing1131979(None) 
leafing113313581leafing
loading94114611loading
loaming103613731loaming
loaning83614831loaning
bloating113512812bloating
boating103721302boating
boffing16339982boffing
chafing163911492chafing
cloaking15299712cloaking
coaling103722822coaling
coaming123818322coaming
coating103525312coating
coaxing173511702coaxing
coffing163811252coffing
coifing133213892coifing
doating93816862doating
doffing15357792doffing
floating123111882floating
foaling113515842foaling
foaming133612992foaming
gloaming12268012gloaming
gloating102611462gloating
goading103112852goading
goaling93515332goaling
golfing12368942golfing
goofing123510632goofing
hoaxing18307762hoaxing
hoofing143912552hoofing
lacing94626232l_acing
lading84227122l_ading
laking115027042l_aking
laming94528362l_aming
lasing74727982l_asing
laving104623572l_aving
lawing104625282l_awing
laying104525702l_aying
lazing164821472l_azing
leading93419552leading
leaking123616972leaking
leaning83721202leaning
leaping103215992leaping
leasing83920162leasing
leaving114216852leaving
loadings10378382loadings
loanings9348012loanings
loathing1247672loathing
lobbing123110912lobbing
locating11311502locating
locking143718152locking
locoing102810972locoing
lodging103110812lodging
lofting113311312lofting
logging103316812logging
loiding93313402loiding
lolling83415782lolling
longing93915782longing
looing73621042lo_oing
looking123415042looking
looming102814852looming
looping103615282looping
loosing83515962loosing
looting83019642looting
loping93921412lo_ping
lopping123815222lopping
lording93115232lording
losing74022872lo_sing
lotting82917752lotting
louping104313982louping
louring83916502louring
lousing83817732lousing
louting83719382louting
loving104416722lo_ving
lowing104623272lo_wing
loxing143615272lo_xing
luffing143310102luffing
moaning103714442moaning
moating104218152moating
oaring74225302_oaring
offing13368642_offing
roaming103215792roaming
roaring82916002roaring
rolfing113710652rolfing
roofing113814352roofing
soaking123116612soaking
soaping103616222soaping
soaring83521892soaring
wolfing14277892wolfing
woofing14349892woofing

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671893.42331455.2
3Display Results89890.0302966.7
 (SQL Overall)178691893.82646704.4
 
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