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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 “piercingly” 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.

23 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
piercingly184323(None) 
piercing1346662piercing__
piercings1453262piercing_s
erringly1237773__erringly
girdingly1544403gi_rdingly
jeeringly2045143jeer_ingly
jerkingly2444273_jerkingly
leeringly1345963leer_ingly
mincingly1745193mi_ncingly
piecing12410453pie_cing__
piecings1345343pie_cing_s
pipingly1635703pi__pingly
pityingly1843953pi_tyingly
pleadingly1793393pleadingly
pleasingly1644173pleasingly
pouringly1545953pour_ingly
preachingly2242903preachingly
pressingly1646003pressingly
pryingly1735543p__ryingly
purringly1545743p_urringly
sterlingly1445203sterlingly
unerringly1444543unerringly
veeringly1645473veer_ingly

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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603237.26619350.8
3Display Results23230.0131769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691237.71523161.5
 
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