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

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

38 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
pathfinding215191(None) 
pathfindings2261131pathfindings
outfinding1545873out_finding
pathfinder1951563pathfind_er
pathfinders2051603pathfinders
patining11312303pat__in_ing
attaining1047224_attain_ing
attainting1144784_attainting
attending11136374_at_tending
bethinking2044044beth_inking
datelining1244364datelin_ing
faultfinding206824faultfinding
finding124116544____finding
machining1746934mach_in_ing
outwinding1545654out_winding
paining103920244pa___in_ing
painting113614424pa___inting
panhandling1852304panh_andling
paraffining2052364paraffin_ing
pasquinading2551324pasquinading
patenting1248944pat__enting
patinating1339884pat__inating
patinizing2248614pat__inizing
patriating13510204pat_riating
patronising1465254patronising
patronizing2376434patronizing
patterning1346074pattern_ing
poinding122510004p___oinding
pothunting1643654poth_unting
prebinding1696164p_rebinding
prefunding1745234p_refunding
prescinding1744854prescinding
rawhiding1743114rawh_i_ding
refinding14259944__refinding
rethinking1845184reth_inking
thinking16289864__th_inking
thinning12319094__th_inning
unthinking1844664unth_inking

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819388.89316734.4
3Display Results38380.0301266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691389.34319125.7
 
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