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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 “narrowcasting” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

39 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
narrowcasting191270(None) 
narrowcastings2015531narrowcastings
arrogating121778394_arro_ga_ting
narrating10310354narr___a_ting
narrowing1345604narrow____ing
abrogating1497985_abro_ga_ting
advocating1744485_advo_ca_ting
allocating1347385_allo_ca_ting
arresting1038635_arr___esting
arrowing1237945_arrow____ing
barricading1752585barr_ica_ding
barricadoing186955barr_icadoing
broadcasting1852035_broadcasting
cablecasting1951485ca_blecasting
carbonating1645865carbo_na_ting
colorcasting1752305_colorcasting
embrocating1844145embro_ca_ting
fabricating1945035fabr_ica_ting
farrowing1645875farrow____ing
forecasting1744475_for_ecasting
frowsting1634685__frow__sting
garroting1136955garro____ting
garrotting1254195garro___tting
harrowing1646435harrow____ing
marrowing1546665marrow____ing
narrowband165905narrowba___nd
narrowest1244285narrow_est___
nonrotating1246305nonro_ta_ting
overcasting1748515over__casting
overroasting1646095overro__asting
parroting1239155parro____ting
precasting15169835__pr_ecasting
rebroadcasting206595rebroadcasting
recasting122414235___r_ecasting
roasting93012705___ro__asting
showcasing1942065__showcas_ing
surrogating13194325surro_ga_ting
variolating1544945vario_la_ting
warranting1444745warr___anting

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit124790397.98315632.0
3Display Results39390.0301300.0
 (SQL Overall)178691398.40621257.6
 
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