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

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

28 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
regarding1214915(None) 
regrading121210201regrading
retarding111110651retarding
rewarding14148831rewarding
bearding124011942be_arding
begirding1434332begirding
degrading13137372degrading
readding11411362re_adding
reading93327212re_a_ding
rearing83128782re_ar_ing
rearming111413612re_arming
reboarding1445672reboarding
recording131311622recording
reearning1039052reearning
regaining112411082regaining
regaling10315362rega_ling
regardant1145442regardant
regauging1235542regauging
regearing112211412regear_ing
regilding1236122regilding
regorging1236822regorging
regrating111316212regrating
relanding112110922relanding
remanding132211142remanding
remarking1638892remarking
reparking1638922reparking
rewarming15147382rewarming
rewording14158542rewording

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911214360.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121436283.84331599.3
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691284.26541897.1
 
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