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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 “pilfering” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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125 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
pilfering153639(None) 
differing1746472differing
filtering13199722filtering
niffering1645132niffering
paltering122612892paltering
peltering122011672peltering
philtering1646252philtering
pillaring1237642pillaring
silvering1337922silvering
telfering1336252telfering
tillering1037882tillering
wildering1456742wildering
altering91917113_altering
bickering1837663bickering
billeting1236633billeting
bittering122511993bittering
buffering1835223buffering
cindering13311223cindering
ciphering17217703ciphering
coffering1838043coffering
diapering1339033diapering
dickering1737463dickering
dithering1499853dithering
faltering132211113faltering
fileting1239303fil_eting
filleting1335843filleting
fingering1439193fingering
fleering123811283_fleering
fullering1336653fullering
gibbering1534713gibbering
gingering1238873gingering
goffering1744483goffering
haltering132212003haltering
hindering14310273hindering
hollering1337743hollering
inferring1338613_inferring
inhering12913713_inhering
jiggering1934303jiggering
jittering17218423jittering
kippering18205443kippering
leering83417643__leering
limbering1488793limbering
lingering11310513lingering
lippering14217883lippering
littering102411983littering
livering122012383li_vering
mildening1345673mildening
mildewing1643733mildewing
misfiring1536973misfiring
mitering113015403mi_tering
moldering1367863moldering
nickering1636573nickering
niddering1255323niddering
nidering10510483ni_dering
offering1536393_offering
palavering1644483palavering
palleting1238733palleting
pampering1638383pampering
pandering133211963pandering
papering132213313p_apering
pattering122314423pattering
paupering1437273paupering
peering103520353p__eering
pelerine10313013pel_erine
pelleting1237953pelleting
peppering1337083peppering
pestering122315663pestering
petering112516813p_etering
philtring1544173phil_tring
piaffing1733923piaf_fing
pickeering1943533pickeering
picketing1835683picketing
picturing1436033picturing
piecing12410453pi__ecing
pieing93917653pi__e_ing
piercing1346663pi__ercing
piffling1745133pi_ffling
pilfer1139163pilfer___
pilferage1542603pilferage
pilfered1435853pilfer_ed
pilferer1344923pilfer_er
pilferers1444583pilferers
pilfers1238963pilfer__s
piling95025593pil___ing
pillaging1345553pillaging
pilling103722563pil__ling
pillorying1642793pillorying
pillowing1545493pillowing
piloting1139693pil_oting
pinkening1634993pinkening
pioneering1354393pioneering
piperine122011833pi_perine
pollening1236923pollening
pondering132411333pondering
portering122012303portering
pothering151911283pothering
pottering122612003pottering
powdering16246503powdering
powering142210803p_owering
preferring1645623preferring
prefiring1559073prefiring
proffering1943773proffering
puckering1835883puckering
puttering122611643puttering
silverings1443843silverings
simmering1467823simmering
simpering1449293simpering
sintering101014803sintering
sistering101213753sistering
slivering1338083slivering
soldering1169033soldering
solferino1243873solferino
spiering112713353spi__ering
suffering1637293suffering
sulfuring1345783sulfuring
tiering8315253ti__ering
timbering14117723timbering
tinkering1437703tinkering
tittering102310313tittering
ulcering1139333_ulcering
wafering15208893_wafering
weltering13219493weltering
wintering13412363wintering
withering16108813withering
zippering23215203zippering

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit1486411257.04621095.8
3Display Results1251250.0631984.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911257.53223724.2
 
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