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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 “obscuring” 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.

46 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
obscuring144402(None) 
obscurant13124182obscurant
obscurity1652802obscurity
abjuring1834883ab_juring
abscising1444943abscising
assuring937773_assuring
becursing1435453_becursing
bescouring1584643bescouring
curing94824783___curing
ensuring9310173ens_uring
fissuring1344813fissuring
gesturing1136653gesturing
insuring9311153ins_uring
lobstering1345123lobstering
miscuing1338733miscu_ing
obscurants14173023obscurants
obscure1145333obscur__e
obscured1343893obscur_ed
obscurely1652123obscurely
obscurer1243523obscur_er
obscures1245513obscur_es
obscurest1343413obscurest
observing1544383observing
obsessing1244263obsessing
obtruding1344123obtruding
occurring1443693o_ccurring
ochring13156673o__chring
offscouring2051103offscouring
outcursing1345283outcursing
outscoring1346233outscoring
overcuring16108763overcuring
oystering1337563oystering
pasturing1238433pasturing
posturing1238993posturing
precuring1439423precuring
procuring1437993procuring
rescoring12310603rescoring
rescuing1139623rescu_ing
resecuring1345123resecuring
scaring103421973__scaring
scoring103117213__scoring
scouring112810853__scouring
securing11310413_securing
souring83219063__souring
tonsuring1046503tons_uring
vesturing1337203vesturing

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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641466.95321378.0
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691467.12525079.4
 
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